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Government Gazette, 23 May 1980
No. 70103

Copyright Amendment Act, 1980.
Act No. 56, 1980

General explanatory note:

[                    ]  Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments.
                        Words underlined with solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.



Act

To amend the Copyright Act, 1978, so as to provide that originality shall be a requirement for copyright in any work; to apply certain provisions applying to a work, also to a substantial part of such work; to further define a diffusion service for certain purposes; to further define the circumstances in which reproduction of a work shall be permitted; to determine ownership of copyright; and to effect certain textual alterations; and to provide for matters connected therewith.



(English text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 5 May 1980.)



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


Amendment of section 1 of Act 98 of 1978.

1. Section 1 of the Copyright Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection:

(2A) Any reference in this Act to the doing of any act in relation to any work shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, be construed as a reference also to the doing of any such act in relation to any substantial part of such work.”.


Amendment of section 2 of Act 98 of 1978.

2. Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended―

(a)

by the substitution in subsection (1) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words:

“(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the following works, if they are original, shall be eligible for copyright―”; and

(b)

by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:

“(2) A literary, musical or artistic work shall not be eligible for copyright unless

[(a)

sufficient effort or skill has been expended on making the work to give it a new and original character; and

(b)]

the work has been written down, recorded or otherwise reduced to material form.”.


Amendment of section 6 of Act 98 of 1978.

3. Section 6 of the principal Act is hereby amended―

(a)

by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words:
“Copyright in a literary or musical work [or any substantial part thereof] vests the exclusive right to do