(2)
Any reference in this Act to a sound-track associated with a cinematograph film shall be
construed as a reference to any record of sounds which is incorporated in any print,
negative, tape or other article on which the film or part of it, in so far as it consists of
visual images, is recorded or which is issued by the author of the film for use in
conjunction with such an article.
(2A) Any reference in this Act to the doing of any act in relation to any work shall, unless the
context otherwise indicates, be construed as a reference also to the doing of any such act
in relation to any substantial part of such work.
[Sub-s. (2A) inserted by s. 1 of Act 56 of 1980. ]
(3)
The provisions of this Act shall with reference to any act or omission outside the
territorial limits of the Republic by or on any ship or aircraft registered under any law in
the Republic apply in the same manner as it applies with reference to acts or omissions
within the territorial limits of the Republic.
(4)
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (i) of the definition of 'author' in
subsection (1), the author of a computer program made before the date of
commencement of the Copyright Amendment Act, 1992, shall be deemed to be the
person who first made or created the program, but if such computer program is original
and has been published by a qualified person, such person shall be presumed to be the
owner of the copyright subsisting in the computer program concerned, unless the
contrary is proved.
[Sub-s. (4) added by s. 1 (x) of Act 125 of 1992.]
(5)
For the purposes of this Act the following provisions shall apply in connection with the
publication of a work:
(a)
Subject to paragraph (e), a work shall be deemed to have been published if
copies of such work have been issued to the public with the consent of the
owner of the copyright in the work in sufficient quantities to reasonably meet
the needs of the public, having regard to the nature of the work.
(b)
Publication of a cinematograph film or sound recording is the sale, letting, hire
or offer for sale or hire, of copies thereof.
(c)
A publication shall not be treated as being other than the first publication by
reason only of an earlier publication elsewhere within a period of 30 days.
(d)
Publication shall not include(i)
a performance of a musical or dramatic work, cinematograph film or
sound recording;
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