"infringing copy" means any reproduction of any work eligible for copyright under this Act, the making of which constitutes an infringement of the copyright in the work or, in the case of any articles imported into Malaysia without the consent or license of the owner of the copyright, the making of which was carried out without the consent of the owner of the copyright;

    "license" means a lawfully granted license in writing, permitting the doing of an act controlled by copyright;

    "licensing body" means a society, firm or other organization which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, negotiation or granting of licenses in respect of copyright works, and includes an individual carrying on the same activity;

    "literary work" includes----

        (a)     novels, stories, books, pamphlets, manuscripts, poetical works and other 
                  writings;

        (b)     plays, dramas, stage directions, film scenarios, broadcasting scripts, 
                  choreographic works and pantomimes;

        (c)     treatises, histories, biographies, essays and articles;

        (d)     encyclopedias, dictionaries and other works of reference;

        (e)     letters, reports and memoranda;

        (f)      lectures, addresses, sermons and other works of the same nature;

        (g)     tables or compilations, expressed in words, figures, or symbols (whether 
                  or not in a visible form); and

        (h)     computer programs or compilations of computer programs,

but does not include official texts of the Government or statutory bodies of a legislative or regulatory nature, or judicial decisions;

    "manuscript", in relation to a work, means the original document embodying the work, whether written by hand or not;

    "material form" in relation to a work or a derivative work, includes any form (whether  visible or not) of storage from which the work or derivative work, or a substantial part of the work or derivative work can be reproduced;

   "Minister" means, unless otherwise stated, the Minister charged with the responsibility for copyright matters;