Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978)Chapter 1 : Copyright in Original Works7. Nature of copyright in artistic works |
| (1) | Copyright in an artistic work vests the exclusive right to do or to authorise the doing of any of the following acts in the Republic: |
| (a) | Reproducing the work in any manner or form; |
| (b) | publishing the work if it was hitherto unpublished; |
| (c) | including the work in a cinematograph film or a television broadcast; |
| (d) | causing a television or other programme, which includes the work, to be transmitted in a diffusion service, unless such service transmits a lawful television broadcast, including the work, and is operated by the original broadcaster; |
| (e) | making an adaptation of the work; |
| (f) | doing, in relation to an adaptation of the work, any of the acts specified in relation to the work in paragraphs (a) to (d) inclusive. |
| (2) | [Section 7 deleted by section 8(c) of Act No. 125 of 1992] |