COPYRIGHT protection over a work is protected automatically upon
creation of the work. Pursuant to the Berne Convention, an
international agreement governing copyright to which Malaysia is a
signatory, a formal registration is not required before copyright
protection is afforded by a member country.
Be that as it may, copyright owners are advised to take
advantage of the procedures provided under the Copyright Act 1987
whereby such procedures, if adopted, could afford a prima facie
presumption of copyright subsistence and ownership of a work in a
court of law.
There are 2 procedures available under the Copyright Act 1987 to
copyright owners. The first being affirmation of a Statutory
Declaration by the owner of copyright pursuant to Section 42 of the
Copyright Act 1987 whereby the Statutory Declaration will be kept
in the owner's possession or custody and will be adduced in
court in the event there is any dispute in future. This Statutory
Declaration will be the
