1. WORKS COVERED
The Copyright Act, 1963 (as amended in 1987) provides that copyright shall subsist in the following original works:-
- literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work;
- sound recordings;
- Cinematograph films; and
- published editions of works
provided, however,
- if the work is unpublished, that the author was a "qualified person" when it was made;
- if the work is published, that it was first published in the State or its author was a "qualified person" when it was first published or its author died before it was published but was a qualified person immediately prior to his death.
A "qualified person" is an Irish citizen, domicidiary or resident, or a company incorporated under Irish law. Protection is extended to citizens of the countries of the Berne Union, Universal Copyright Convention and Rome Convention.
