Copyright is the legal right given to the owner of a copyright to prevent other from copying an artistic works ,  literary , dramatic or music work. Only the copyright owner has the legal right to reproduce the work in any from and has the right to sue other who copy or distribute unautharid work without the copyright owner's permission.

The owner of copyright has the special right to do and authorize the following.

- To reproduce the work.
- To prepare copied works based upon the work.
- To distrubute copies work to the public by sale or transfer of ownerships or by rental , lease or leading.
- To disallow other persons from using the work.
- To carry out the work publicly.

Copyright protection in Malaysia is govened by the copyright Act 1987.There is no system of registration for copyright in Malaysia.A work that is eligible is protected automaticaly upon fulfillment of the following conditions.

- Sufficent efort has been expected to make the work original in character .
-The work has been expected  written down , recorded or reduces to  a material from
-The Author is qualified person or the work is made in Malaysia or the work  is first published in Malaysia

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Abbrerrated as (c) or  ©

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