Yesterday, I watched Jumanji 2. The movie was really hilarious. To relate to Intellectual Property in Malaysia, based on the provision in Section 3 of the "literary work" includes novels, stories, books, pamphlets, manuscripts, poetical works and other writings. This means that the script for a movie or drama is a literary work.
The author/owner of the script for this movie are deserving of the copyright itself. The copyright doesn't necessarily have to be registered, as long as it is original and as long as it has been reduced in material form as stated by Abdul Malik Ishak J in the decided case of Kiwi Brands.
Therefore, if anyone happened to use the same script for monetary gain, substantially, the author or owner can claim their copyright and file a suit for copyright infringement as provided in Section 36(1) of the Copyright Act 1987.
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