Copyright Amendment Act, 1986
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| Copyright Amendment Act, 1986 |
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The Copyright Amendment Act, 1986 (Act No. 39 of 1986) is a South African Act of Parliament that amends the Copyright Act, 1978. It came into effect on 23 April 1986. Note that [words in bold type in square brackets] indicate omissions from existing enactments, while words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. |
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| To amend the Copyright Act, 1978, so as to provide that the exclusive licensee and the exclusive sub-licensee shall have the same rights of action and be entitled to the same legal remedies as the owner of the copyright; and to provide that their rights of action and legal remedies shall be concurrent with those of such owner. | |||
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(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.) |
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| Be it enacted by the State President and the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:— | |||
| Amendment of section 25 of Act 98 of 1978. | 1. The following section is hereby substituted for section 25 of the Copyright Act, 1978:
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| Short title. | 2. This Act shall be called the Copyright Amendment Act, 1986. |
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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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