1992.]
'copy' means a reproduction of a work, and, in the case of a literary, musical or artistic
work, a cinematograph film or a computer program, also an adaptation thereof:
Provided that an object shall not be taken to be a copy of a work of architecture unless
the object is a building or a model of a building;
[Definition of 'copy' substituted by s. 1 (h) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'copyright' means copyright under this Act;
'Corporation' ......
[Definition of 'Corporation' deleted by s. 50 (d) of Act 38 of 1997.]
'country' includes any colony, protectorate or territory subject to the authority or under
the suzerainty of any other country, and any territory over which trusteeship is
exercised;
'derived signal' is a signal obtained by modifying the technical characteristics of the
emitted signal, whether or not there have been one or more intervening fixations;
'diffusion service' means a telecommunication service of transmissions consisting of
sounds, images, signs or signals, which takes place over wires or other paths provided
by material substance and intended for reception by specific members of the public; and
diffusion shall not be deemed to constitute a performance or a broadcast or as causing
sounds, images, signs or signals to be seen or heard; and where sounds, images, signs or
signals are displayed or emitted by any receiving apparatus to which they are conveyed
by diffusion in such manner as to constitute a performance or a causing of sounds,
images, signs or signals to be seen or heard in public, this shall be deemed to be effected
by the operation of the receiving apparatus;
'distribution', in relation to a programme-carrying signal, means any operation by
which a distributor transmits a derived signal to the general public or any section
thereof;
[Definition of 'distribution' substituted by s. 1 (i) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'distributor', in relation to a programme-carrying signal, means the person who decides
that the transmission of the derived signal to the general public or any section thereof
shall take place;
[Definition of 'distributor' substituted by s. 1 (j) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'dramatic work' includes a choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show, if
reduced to the material form in which the work or entertainment is to be presented, but
does not include a cinematograph film as distinct from a scenario or script for a
cinematograph film;
Source: http://www.wipo.int/portal/es/