(i) computer programs. [Para. (i) added by s. 2 (b) of Act 125 of 1992.] [Sub-s. (1) amended by s. 2 (a) of Act 56 of 1980.] (2) A work, except a broadcast or programme-carrying signal, shall not be eligible for copyright unless the work has been written down, recorded, represented in digital data or signals or otherwise reduced to a material form. [Sub-s. (2) substituted by s. 2 (b) of Act 56 of 1980, by s. 2 (c) of Act 125 of 1992 and by s. 51 of Act 38 of 1997.] (2A) A broadcast or a programme -carrying signal shall not be eligible for copyright until, in the case of a broadcast, it has been broadcast and, in the case of a programme -carrying signal, it has been transmitted by a satellite. [Sub-s. (2A) inserted by s. 2 (d) of Act 125 of 1992.] (3) 3 A work shall not be ineligible for copyright by reason only that the making of the work, or the doing of any act in relation to the work, involved an infringement of copyright in some other work. Copyright by virtue of nationality, domicile or residence, and duration of copyright (1) Copyright shall be conferred by this section on every work, eligible for copyright, of which the author or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, any one of the authors is at the time the work or a substantial part thereof is made, a qualified person, that is (a) in the case of an individual, a person who is a South African citizen or is domiciled or resident in the Republic; or (b) in the case of a juristic person, a body incorporated under the laws of the Republic: Provided that a work of architecture erected in the Republic or any other artistic work incorporated in a building or any other permanent structure in the Republic, shall be eligible for copyright, whether or not the author was a qualified person. [Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 3 (a) of Act 125 of 1992.] (2) The term of copyright conferred by this section shall be, in the case of(a) literary or musical works or artistic works, other than photographs, the life of the author and fifty years from the end of the year in which the author dies: Provided that if before the death of the author none of the following acts had Source: http://www.wipo.int/portal/es/