Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978)Chapter 1 : Copyright in Original Works11B. Nature of copyright in computer programs |
| (1) | Copyright in a computer program vests the exclusive right to do or authorise the doing of any of the following acts in the Republic: |
| (a) | Reproducing the computer program in any manner or form; |
| (b) | publishing the computer program if it was hitherto unpublished; |
| (c) | performing the computer program in public; |
| (d) | broadcasting the computer program; |
| (e) | causing the computer program to be transmitted in a diffusion service, unless such service transmits a lawful broadcast, including the computer program, and is operated by the original broadcaster; |
| (f) | making an adaptation of the computer program; |
| (g) | doing, in relation to an adaptation of the computer program, any of the acts specified in relation to the computer program in paragraphs (a) to (e) inclusive; |
| (h) | letting, or offering or exposing for hire by way of trade, directly or indirectly, a copy of the computer program. |