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"Adaptation"
means a work based upon the Work,
or upon the Work and other preexisting works. Adaptations
include:
- Translations of the Work;
- Where the Work is a dramatic work: conversions of the Work into a novel or other non-dramatic work;
- Where the Work is a novel or other non-dramatic work or an artistic work: conversions of the Work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise;
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- "Author" has the same meaning determined by applicable law. For example, the Author is (i) the individuals or entities who created a literary or artistic work or, if no individual or entity can be identified, the publisher; (ii) the individuals who perform a performance; (iii) the producer who first fixes the sounds of a performance in an audio recording; or, (iv) the organization that transmits a broadcast.
- "Collective Work" means (i) an encyclopaedia, dictionary, year book or similar work; (ii) a newspaper, review, magazine or similar periodical; and (iii) any work written in distinct parts by different authors, or in which works or parts of works of different authors are incorporated. A work that constitutes a Collective Work will not be considered an Adaptation (as defined above) for the purposes of this Licence.
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- to distribute and publicly perform the Work including as incorporated in Collective Works; and,
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