(8) No copyright shall subsist in(a) the official text of any work of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or an official
translation thereof;
(b) a speech of a political nature or a speech delivered in the course of judicial proceedings;
or
(c) publications or broadcasts of news of the day,
but the author of speeches referred to in paragraph (b) shall have the exclusive right of
making or publishing a collection thereof.
(9) Subsections (1) to (7) shall apply also with reference to the making or use of an
adaptation of a work.
(10) Subsections (6) and (7) shall apply also with reference to a work or an adaptation thereof
which is transmitted in a diffusion service.
(11) Subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7) and (10) shall be construed as including the right to
use the work in question either in its original language or to make a translation thereof in a
different language, and, in the latter case, the right of translation of the author shall be
deemed not to have been infringed.
(12) The copyright in a literary or musical work shall not be infringed by the use thereof in a
bona fide demonstration of radio or television receivers or recording or playback equipment
to clients by a dealer in such receivers or equipment.
(13) An authorisation to use a literary work as a basis for the making of a cinematograph film
or as a contribution in such making, shall, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary,
include the right to broadcast that film.
16 General exceptions in respect of reproduction of works
In addition to reproductions permitted in terms of this Act reproduction of a work shall also
be permitted in such circumstances as are prescribed, but in such a manner that the
reproduction is not in conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and is not unreasonably
prejudicial to the legitimate interests of the owner of the copyright.
17 Special exception in respect of records of musical works
(1) The copyright in a musical work shall not be infringed by a person (in this section
referred to as the "manufacturer") who makes a record of the work or of an adaptation thereof
in Namibia, whether from an imported disc, tape, matrix or otherwise, if(a) records embodying the work or a similar adaptation of the work were previously made in
or imported into Namibia for the purposes of retail sale and were so made or imported by, or
with the licence of, the owner of the copyright in the work;
(b) before making the record the manufacturer gave the prescribed notice to the owner of the
copyright of his or her intention to make it;