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ORDER NO. 13 OF 1989
COPYRIGHT ORDER, 1989
(Date of Commencement: See Sectioo 1)
ORDER
To make provision for copyright of literary, artistic and scientific works, to
safeguard expressions of traditional and ,cultural productions and for connected
purposes.
PART I
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PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Copyright Order, 1989 and shall come
into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
Interpretatioo
2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, "audiovisual works"
means works that consists of a service of related images which are intrinsically
intended to be shown by the use of devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic
equipment, together with accompanying sounds, regardless of the nature of the
material objects, such as films, tapes or set of slides, in which the works are
embodied;
"broadcasting" means the trasrnission over a distance of sounds or images or both
sounds and images by electromagnetic waves propagated in space without artificial
guide for the purpose of enabling the reception of the transmitted sounds or images
or both sounds and images by the general public;
"communication to the public" means making a work or expression of folklore
accessible to the public;
"distribution to the public of duplicates of a phonogram"
means any act by which
such duplicates are offered, directly or indirectly, to the general public or any
section thereof;
"distribution by cable" means the operation by which electronically generated
signals, carrying sounds or images or both soums and images are guided by wire,
beam or any other conductor device, to the public or any section thereof, for
reception;
"duplicate of phonogram" means any article which contains sounds directly or
indirectly from a phonogram and which embodies all or a substantial part of the
sound fi xed in that phonogram;
, 'expression of folklore" means production consisting of characteristic elements
of the traditional artistic heritage developed and maintained over generations by
a community or by imividuals reflecting the traditional artistic expectations of
their community;
" fixation" means the embodiment of sounds, images or both in a material form
sufficiently permanent or stable to permit them to be perceived, reproduced or
otherwise communicated during a period of more than transitory duration;
"licence" means a licence granted by the Minister in terms of section 10 or 11;