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Copyright by reference to country of origin.


(1) Copyright shall be conferred by this section on every work which is eligible for copyright and which—

(a) being a literary, musical or artistic work or a sound recording, is first published in the Republic;
(b) being a broadcast, is made in the Republic;
(c) being a programme-carrying signal, is emitted to a satellite from a place in the Republic;
(d) being a cinematograph film, is first published or made in the Republic;
(e) being a published edition, is first published in the Republic;
[Para. (e) added by s. 4 (b) of Act No. 52 of 1984.]

(f) being a computer program, is first published or made in the Republic, and in respect of which copyright is not conferred by section 3.
[Para. ( f ) inserted by s. 4 of Act No. 125 of 1992.]

(2) Copyright conferred on a work by this section shall be subject to the same term of copyright provided for in section 3 for a similar work.


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