Page:Copyright Act 1978 from Government Gazette.djvu/2

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Act

To regulate copyright and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

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(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 20 June 1978.)

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Be it enacted by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―

Arrangement of Sections

		Sections
Definitions		1
Chapter 1	Copyright in original works	2	—	22
Chapter 2	Infringements of copyright and remedies	23	—	28
Chapter 3	Copyright Tribunal	29	—	36
Chapter 4	Extension or restriction of operation of Act	37	—	38
Chapter 5	Miscellaneous provisions	39	—	47

Definitions.

1. (1) In this Act, unless the content otherwise indicates―

(i)

“adaptation”, in relation to―

(a)

a literary work, includes―

(i)

in the case of a non-dramatic work, a version of the work in which it is converted into a dramatic work;

(ii)

in the case of a dramatic work, a version of the work in which it is converted into a non-dramatic work;

(iii)

a translation of the work; or

(iv)

a version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical;

(b)

a musical work, includes any arrangement or transcription of the work, if such arrangement or transcription has an original creative character;

(c)

an artistic work, includes a transformation of the work in such a manner that the original or substantial features thereof remain recognizable; (i)

(ii)

“arbitration” means arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1965 (Act No. 42 of 1965); (iii)

(iii)

“artistic work” means, irrespective of the artistic quality thereof―

(a)

paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and photographs;

(b)

works of architecture, being either buildings or models of buildings; or