General explanatory note:
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(English text signed by the President.)
(Assented to 18 June 2002.)
Act
To amend the Copyright Act, 1978, so as to define an expression and to amend a definition; and to make further provision regarding the nature of copyright in sound recordings; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―
Amendment of section 1 of Act 98 of 1978, as amended by section 1 of Act 56 of 1980, section 1 of Act 66 of 1983, section 1 of Act 52 of 1984, section 1 of Act 13 of 1988, section 1 of Act 125 of 1992 and section 50 of Act 38 of 1997
1. Section 1 of the Copyright Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended―
Substitution of section 9 of Act 98 of 1978, as substituted by section 6 of Act 56 of 1980 and amended by section 7 of Act 52 of 1984 and section 2 of Act 61 of 1989
2. The following section is hereby substituted for section 9 of the principal Act:
“Nature of copyright in sound recordings
9. Copyright in a sound recording vests the exclusive right to do or to authorize the doing of any of the following acts in the Republic: