Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Interpretation
20. What is an artistic work
Feedback & supportAn “artistic work” —
is any of the following:
a painting, a sculpture, a drawing, an engraving or a photograph (whether the work is of artistic quality or not);
a building or a model of a building (whether the building or model is of artistic quality or not);
a work of artistic craftsmanship to which neither sub‑paragraph (i) nor (ii) applies; but(b)does not include a layout‑design or an integrated circuit as defined in section 2(1) of the Layout‑Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 1999.
For the purposes of this Act —
“building” includes a structure of any kind;
“drawing” includes any diagram, map, chart or plan;
“engraving” includes an etching, a lithograph, a product of photogravure, a woodcut, a print or any other similar work, but not a photograph;
“photograph” —
is a product of —
photography or a similar process; or
xerography; but(b)does not include any article or thing in which the visual images of a film are embodied;
“sculpture” includes a cast or model made for purposes of sculpture.