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receiving apparatus to which they are conveyed by diffusion in such manner as to constitute a performance or a causing of
sounds, images, signs or signals to be seen or heard in public, this shall be deemed to be effected by the operation of the
receiving apparatus;
'distribution', in relation to a programme-carrying signal, means any operation by which a distributor transmits a
derived signal to the general public or any section thereof;
[Definition of 'distribution' substituted by s. 1 (i) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'distributor', in relation to a programme-carrying signal, means the person who decides that the transmission of
the derived signal to the general public or any section thereof shall take place;
[Definition of 'distributor' substituted by s. 1 (j) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'dramatic work' includes a choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show, if reduced to the material form in
which the work or entertainment is to be presented, but does not include a cinematograph film as distinct from a scenario or
script for a cinematograph film;
'drawing' includes any drawing of a technical nature or any diagram, map, chart or plan;
[Definition of 'drawing' substituted by s. 1 (b) of Act 66 of 1983.]
'emitted signal' means a signal which goes to a satellite;
[Definition of 'emitted signal' substituted by s. 1 (k) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'engraving' includes any etching, lithograph, woodcut, print or similar work, but does not include a photograph;
'exclusive licence' means a licence authorizing a licensee, to the exclusion of all other persons, including the
grantor of the licence, to exercise a right which by virtue of this Act would, apart from the licence, be exercisable
exclusively by the owner of the copyright; and 'exclusive licensee' shall be construed accordingly;
'infringing copy', in relation to(a)
a literary, musical or artistic work or a published edition, means a copy thereof;
(b)
a sound recording, means a record embodying that recording;
(c)
a cinematograph film, means a copy of the film or a still photograph made therefrom;
(d)
a broadcast, means a cinematograph film of it or a copy of a cinematograph film of it or a sound
recording of it or a record embodying a sound recording of it or a still photograph made therefrom; and
(e)
a computer program, means a copy of such computer program,
being in any such case an article the making of which constituted an infringement of the copyright in the work, recording,
cinematograph film, broadcast or computer program or, in the case of an imported article, would have constituted an
infringement of that copyright if the article had been made in the Republic;
[Definition of 'infringing copy' amended by s. 1 (b) of Act 52 of 1984 and substituted by s. 1 (l) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'judicial proceedings' means proceedings before any court, tribunal or person having by law power to hear,
receive and examine evidence on oath;
'licence' ......
[Definition of 'licence' deleted by s. 1 (m) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'licence scheme', for the purposes of Chapter 3, in relation to licences of any description, means a scheme
prepared by one or more licensing bodies, setting out the classes of cases in which they are willing, or the person on whose
behalf they act is willing, to grant licences of that description, and the charges, if any, and terms and conditions subject to
which licences may be granted in those classes of cases, and includes anything in the nature of such a scheme, whether
described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any other name;
[Definition of 'licence scheme' substituted by s. 1 (n) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'licensing body' ......
[Definition of 'licensing body' deleted by s. 1 (o) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'literary work' includes, irrespective of literary quality and in whatever mode or form expressed(a)
novels, stories and poetical works;
(b)
dramatic works, stage directions, cinematograph film scenarios and broadcasting scripts;
(c)
textbooks, treatises, histories, biographies, essays and articles;
(d)
encyclopaedias and dictionaries;
(e)
letters, reports and memoranda;
(f)
lectures, speeches and sermons; and
(g)
tables and compilations, including tables and compilations of data stored or embodied in a computer or a
medium used in conjunction with a computer,
[Para. (g) substituted by s. 50 (e) of Act 38 of 1997.]
but shall not include a computer program;
[Definition of 'literary work' substituted by s. 1 (p) of Act 125 of 1992.]
'Minister' means the Minister of Trade and Industry;
[Definition of 'Minister' substituted by s. 1 (c) of Act 66 of 1983, by s. 1 of Act 13 of 1988 and by s. 1 (b) of Act 9 of
2002.]