Copyright Act, 1978
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| Copyright Act, 1978 |
| The Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978) is a South African Act of Parliament. It is the law that governs copyright and related rights in South Africa.
See also the Copyright Regulations, 1978, regulations made in terms of the Act. |
Various versions of the Copyright Act, 1978 exist:
- as originally enacted on 30 June 1978 and as came into force on 1 January 1979.
- as amended on 23 May 1980 by the Copyright Amendment Act, 1980.
- as amended on 17 October 1983 by sections 1–3 of the Copyright Amendment Act, 1983.
- as amended on 22 June 1984 by the Copyright Amendment Act, 1984.
- as amended on 23 April 1986 by the Copyright Amendment Act, 1986.
- as amended on 25 September 1987 by sections 2 and 3 of the Copyright Amendment Act, 1988.
- as amended on 23 March 1988 by section 1 of the Copyright Amendment Act, 1988.
- as amended on 1 April 1989 by sections 1–3 of the Copyright Amendment Act, 1989.
- as amended on 1 August 1989 by section 4 of the Copyright Amendment Act, 1989.
- as amended on 10 July 1992 by the Copyright Amendment Act, 1992.
- as amended on 1 October 1997 by sections 50–58 of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act, 1997.
- as amended on 25 June 2002 by the Copyright Amendment Act, 2002, and currently in force.
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This work was created and first published in South Africa and is in the public domain because it is an official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or an official translation of such a text, or a speech of a political nature, or a speech delivered in the course of legal proceedings.
According to the Copyright Act, 1978, § 12 (8) (a), "No copyright shall subsist in official texts of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or in official translations of such texts, or in speeches of a political nature or in speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings." As an edict of a government, it is also in the public domain in the United States. |
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