4 Copyright by reference to country of origin
Copyright shall subsist in every work eligible for copyright, which is a work in respect of
which copyright is not conferred by section 3 or 5 and which(a) being a literary, musical or artistic work or a sound recording, is first published in
Namibia;
(b) being a broadcast, is made in Namibia;
(c) being a programme-carrying signal, is emitted to a satellite from a place in Namibia;
(d) being a cinematograph film, is first published or made in Namibia;
(e) being a published edition, is first published in Namibia;
(f) being a computer program, is first published or made in Namibia.
5 Copyright in relation to the State and certain international organisations
(1) Copyright shall subsist in every work eligible for copyright and which is made by or
under the direction or control of the State or such international organisations as may be
prescribed.
(2) Copyright which vests in the State shall for administrative purposes be deemed to vest in
such officer in the public service as may be designated by the President by proclamation in
the Gazette.
6 Duration of protection of copyright
(1) Copyright conferred by section 3 or 4 shall endure, in the case of(a) a literary or musical work or an artistic work, other than a photograph, during the life of
the author and for a period of 50 years from the end of the year in which the author dies, but
if such work or an adaptation thereof has not been made available to the public during the
lifetime of the author through(i) the publication thereof;
(ii) the performance thereof in public;
(iii) the offer for sale to the public of records thereof; or
(iv) the broadcasting thereof, for a period of 50 years from the end of the year in which the
work is so first made available to the public after the author's death;
(b) a cinematograph film, photograph or computer program, for a period of 50 years either
from(i) the end of the year in which the film, photograph or program is made available to the
public with the consent of the owner of the copyright; or
(ii) if such film, photograph or program was not so made available to the public within 50
years of its making, the end of the year in which the film, photograph or program was made;