What is a work?
A work may be literary, dramatic, musical or artistic. So copyright will protect, for example:
- scripts, novels, poems, essays, letters, lyrics, newspaper articles, tables (timetables etc), collections (such as compilations), databases and computer programs
- paintings, photographs and other visual images
- sculptures, models, architecture, design drawings
- plays, dance and mime
- music.
There is also copyright protection for:
- recordings
- performances
- broadcasts
- films, etc.