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GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE

To amend the Copyright Act, 1978, so as to make provision for copyright in published editions; to extend the term of copyright in certain unpublished works; to further define the nature of copyright in cinematograph films and sound recordings; to create certain presumptions in respect of the proof of infringements of copyright in cinematograph films; to create certain new offences; and to make provision for increased penalties; and to provide for incidental matters.

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.) (Assented to 30 March 1984.)

E IT ENACTED by the State President and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―

1. Section 1 of the Copyright Act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended―

by the addition in subsection (1) to the definition of “author” of the following paragraph:

a published edition, means the publisher of the edition; ”;

by the substitution in subsection (1) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “infringing copy” of the following paragraph:

a literary, musical or artistic work or a published edition, means a reproduction thereof;”; and

by the insertion in subsection (1) after the definition of “prospective owner” of the following definition: “ ‘published edition’ means the first print by whatever process of a particular typographical arrangement of a literary or musical work; ”.

2. Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition to subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

published editions. ”.

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

by the addition to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of the following proviso: “ Provided that if before the death of the author none of the following acts had been done in respect of such works or an adaptation thereof, namely―

the publication thereof; the performance thereof in public; the offer for sale to the public of records thereof;