"author", in relation to(a) a literary or musical work, or an artistic work other than a photograph, which is not
computer-generated, means the person who first makes or creates the work, or in the case of
such a work, which is computer-generated, means the person by whom the arrangements
necessary for the creation of the work were undertaken;
(b) photograph, means the person who is responsible for the composition of the photograph;
(c) a sound recording, means the person by whom the arrangements for the making of the
sound recording were made;
(d) a cinematograph film, means the person by whom the arrangements for the making of the
film were made;
(e) a broadcast, means the first broadcaster;
(f) a programme-carrying signal, means the first person emitting the signal to a satellite;
(g) a published edition, means the publisher of the edition;
(h) a computer program, which is not computer-generated, the person who exercised control
over the making of the program, or in the case of a computer program, which is computergenerated, means the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the
program were undertaken;
"broadcast", when used as a noun, means a broadcasting service as defined in section 1 of
the Namibian Communications Commission Act, 1992 (Act 4 of 1992), and includes the
emitting of programme-carrying signals to a satellite; and, when used as a verb, shall be
construed accordingly;
"broadcaster" means a person who undertakes a broadcasting service as defined in section 1
of the Namibian Communications Commission Act, 1992 (Act 4 of 1992);
"broadcasting organisation" means the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation established by
section 2 of the Namibian Broadcasting Act, 1991 (Act 9 of 1991) or any other broadcasting
organisation licensed under the Namibian Communications Commission Act, 1992 (Act 4 of
1992) or any other law;
"building" includes any structure;
"cinematograph film" means the fixation by any means on film or any other material of a
sequence of images capable, when used in conjunction with a mechanical, electronic or other
device, of being seen as a moving picture and of being reproduced, and includes the sounds
embodied in a soundtrack associated with the film, but shall not include a computer program;
"computer program" means a set of instructions fixed or stored in any manner and which,
when used directly or indirectly in a computer, directs its operation to bring about a result;
“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, but 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;