data or signals representing sounds, are embodied or represented so as to be capable of
being automatically reproduced or performed therefrom;
[Definition of 'record' substituted by s. 50 (g) of Act 38 of 1997.]
'Registrar' means the Registrar of Copyright, who shall be the person appointed as
Registrar of Patents under section 7 of the Patents Act, 1978;
'regulation' means a regulation made under this Act;
'reproduction', in relation to(a)
a literary or musical work or a broadcast, includes a reproduction in the form of
a record or a cinematograph film;
(b)
an artistic work, includes a version produced by converting the work into a
three-dimensional form or, if it is in three dimensions, by converting it into a
two -dimensional form;
(c)
any work, includes a reproduction made from a reproduction of that work,
[Para. (c) added by s. 1 (d) of Act 66 of 1983.] and references to
'reproduce' and 'reproducing' shall be construed accordingly;
'satellite' means any device in extra -terrestrial space capable of transmitting signals;
'signal' means an electronically generated carrier capable of transmitting programmes;
'sculpture' includes any cast or model made for purposes of sculpture;
'sound recording' means any fixation or storage of sounds, or data or signals
representing sounds, capable of being reproduced, but does not include a sound-track
associated with a cinematograph film;
[Definition of 'sound recording' substituted by s. 1 (v) of Act 125 of
1992 and by s. 50 (h) of Act 38 of 1997.] 'this Act' includes the
regulations;
'work' a work contemplated in section 2;
[Definition of 'work' inserted by s. 1 (w) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'work of joint authorship' means a work produced by the collaboration of two or more
authors in which the contribution of each author is not separable from the contribution
of the other author or authors;
'writing' includes any form of notation, whether by hand or by printing, typewriting or
any similar process.
Source: http://www.wipo.int/portal/es/