(e) For the purposes of sections 7, 8 and 14, a work shall be deemed to be published if copies
thereof have been issued to the public.
PART I
PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT
CHAPTER 1
COPYRIGHT IN ORIGINAL WORKS
2 Works eligible for copyright
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the original work of any of the following
descriptions of works shall be eligible for copyright(a) literary works;
(b) musical works;
(c) artistic works;
(d) cinematograph films;
(e) sound recordings;
(f) broadcasts;
(g) programme-carrying signals;
(h) published editions; and
(i) computer programs.
(2) A work, other than a broadcast or programme-carrying signal, shall not be eligible for
copyright unless it has been written down, recorded or otherwise reduced to material form.
(3) A broadcast or a programme-carrying signal shall not be eligible for copyright until, in the
case of a broadcast, the broadcast has been made, and in the case of a programme-carrying
signal, such signal has been transmitted by satellite.
(4) A work shall not be ineligible for copyright by reason only that the making of the work,
or the doing of an act in relation to the work, constituted an infringement of copyright in any
other work.
3 Copyright by virtue of nationality domicile or residence
(1) Subject to subsection (2), copyright shall subsist in every work eligible for copyright of
which the author or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, one of the authors, is, at the
time the work or a substantial part thereof is made, a qualified person and in respect of which
copyright is not conferred by section 5.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), copyright shall subsist in a work of architecture erected
in Namibia or any other artistic work incorporated in a building or any other permanent
structure in Namibia, whether or not the author was a qualified person.