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Copyright Review Commission Report - ICT Law and Regulation ...

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APPENDIX 4A: EXTRACTS FROM COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1978 (AMENDED)COPYRIGHT ACTNO. 98 OF 1978DEFINITIONS“cinematograph film” means any fixation or storage by any means whatsoever on film or any other material of data,signals or a sequence of images capable, when used in conjunction with any other mechanical, electronic or otherdevice, of being seen as a moving picture <strong>and</strong> of reproduction, <strong>and</strong> includes the sounds embodied in a sound-trackassociated with the film, but shall not include a computer program; [Definition of “cinematograph film” substituted by s. 1 (f ) of Act No. 125 of 1992 <strong>and</strong> by s. 50 (c) of Act No. 38 of 1997.]“collecting society” means a collecting society established under this Act; [Definition of “collecting society” inserted bys. 1 (a) of Act 9 of 2002.]“performance” includes any mode of visual or acoustic presentation of a work, including any such presentation by theoperation of a loudspeaker, a radio, television or diffusion receiver or by the exhibition of a cinematograph film or by theuse of a record or by any other means, <strong>and</strong> in relation to lectures, speeches <strong>and</strong> sermons, includes delivery thereof; <strong>and</strong>references to “perform” in relation to a work shall be construed accordingly: Provided that “performance” shall notinclude broadcasting or rebroadcasting or Transmitting a work in a diffusion service; [Definition of “performance”substituted by s. 1 (r) of Act No. 125 of 1992.]“Published edition” means the first print by whatever process of a particular Typographical arrangement of a literary ormusical work; [Definition of “published edition” inserted by s. 1 (c) of Act No. 52 of 1984.]“sound recording” means any fixation or storage of sounds, or data or signals representing sounds, capable of beingreproduced, but does not include a sound-track associated with a cinematograph film; [Definition of “sound recording”substituted by s. 1 (v) of Act No. 125 of 1992 <strong>and</strong> by s. 50 (h) of Act No. 38 of 1997.]CHAPTER 1COPYRIGHT IN ORIGINAL WORKS2. Works eligible for copyright.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the following works, if they are original, shall be eligible for copyright:(a) literary works;(b) musical works;(c) artistic works;- 180 -

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