[S. 11A inserted by s. 8 of Act 52 of 1984.]
11B Nature of copyright in computer programs
Copyright in a computer program vests the exclusive right to do or authorize the doing
of any of the following acts in the Republic:
(a)
Reproducing the computer program in any manner or form;
(b)
publishing the computer program if it was hitherto unpublished;
(c)
performing the computer program in public;
(d)
broadcasting the computer program;
(e)
causing the computer program to be transmitted in a diffusion service, unless
such service transmits a lawful broadcast, including the computer program, and
is operated by the original broadcaster;
(f)
making an adaptation of the computer program;
(g)
doing, in relation to an adaptation of the computer program, any of the acts
specified in relation to the computer program in paragraphs (a) to (e) inclusive;
(h)
letting, or offering or exposing for hire by way of trade, directly or indirectly, a
copy of the computer program.
[S. 11B inserted by s. 10 of Act 125 of 1992 and substituted by s. 53 of Act 38
of 1997.]
12 General exceptions from protection of literary and musical works
(1)
Copyright shall not be infringed by any fair dealing with a literary or musical work(a)
for the purposes of research or private study by, or the personal or private use of,
the person using the work;
(b)
for the purposes of criticism or review of that work or of another work; or
(c)
for the purpose of reporting current events -
Source: http://www.wipo.int/portal/es/