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(7) A licence granted in respect of any copyright
by the person who, in relation to the matters to which the
licence relates, is the owner of the copyright, shall be binding upon every successor in title to his interest in the copyright,
except a purchaser in good faith and without notice, actual or constructive, of the licence or a person deriving title from
such a purchaser, and any reference in this Act to the doing in relation to any copyright of anything with or without the
licence of the owner of the copyright shall be construed accordingly.
(8) Where the doing of anything is authorized by the grantee of a licence or a person deriving title from the
grantee, and it is within the terms, including any implied terms, of the licence for him to authorize it, it shall for the purpose
of this Act be deemed to be done with the licence of the grantor and of every person, if any, upon whom the licence is
binding.
CHAPTER 2
INFRINGEMENTS OF COPYRIGHT AND REMEDIES (ss 23-28)
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Infringement
(1) Copyright shall be infringed by any person, not being the owner of the copyright, who, without the licence of
such owner, does or causes any other person to do, in the Republic, any act which the owner has the exclusive right to do or
to authorize.
[Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 20 (a) of Act 125 of 1992.]
(2) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1), copyright shall be infringed by any person who,
without the licence of the owner of the copyright and at a time when copyright subsists in a work(a)
imports an article into the Republic for a purpose other than for his private and domestic use;
(b)
sells, lets, or by way of trade offers or exposes for sale or hire in the Republic any article;
(c)
distributes in the Republic any article for the purposes of trade, or for any other purpose, to such an extent
that the owner of the copyright in question is prejudicially affected; or
(d)
acquires an article relating to a computer program in the Republic,
[Para. (d) inserted by s. 20 (b) of Act 125 of 1992.]
if to his knowledge the making of that article constituted an infringement of that copyright or would have constituted such
an infringement if the article had been made in the Republic.
(3) The copyright in a literary or musical work shall be infringed by any person who permits a place of public
entertainment to be used for a performance in public of the work, where the performance constitutes an infringement of the
copyright in the work: Provided that this subsection shall not apply in a case where the person permitting the place of
public entertainment to be so used was not aware and had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the performance would
be an infringement of the copyright.
(4) ......
[Sub-s. (4) deleted by s. 20 (c) of Act 125 of 1992.]
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Action by owner of copyright for infringement
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, infringements of copyright shall be actionable at the suit of the owner of
the copyright, and in any action for such an infringement all such relief by way of damages, interdict, delivery of infringing
copies or plates used or intended to be used for infringing copies or otherwise shall be available to the plaintiff as is
available in any corresponding proceedings in respect of infringements of other proprietary rights.
[Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 21 (a) of Act 125 of 1992.]
(1A) In lieu of damages the plaintiff may, at his or her option, be awarded an amount calculated on the basis of a
reasonable royalty which would have been payable by a licensee in respect of the work or type of work concerned.
[Sub-s. (1A) inserted by s. 21 (b) of Act 125 of 1992 and substituted by s. 55 of Act 38 of 1997.]
(1B) For the purposes of determining the amount of damages or a reasonable royalty to be awarded under this
section or section 25 (2), the court may direct an enquiry to be held and may prescribe such procedures for conducting such
enquiry as the court considers necessary.
[Sub-s. (1B) inserted by s. 21 (b) of Act 125 of 1992 and substituted by s. 55 of Act 38 of 1997.]
(1C) Before the owner of copyright institutes proceedings under this section, he or she shall give notice in writing
to the exclusive licensee or sub-licensee of the copyright concerned of the intention to do so, and the exclusive licensee or
sub-licensee may intervene in such proceedings and recover any damages he or she may have suffered as a result of the
infringement concerned or a reasonable royalty to which he or she may be entitled.
[Sub-s. (1C) inserted by s. 21 (b) of Act 125 of 1992 and substituted by s. 55 of Act 38 of 1997.]
(2) Where in an action for infringement of copyright it is proved or admitted that an infringement was committed
but that at the time of the infringement the defendant was not aware and had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that
copyright subsisted in the work to which the action relates, the plaintiff shall not be entitled under this section to any
damages against the defendant in respect of the infringement.
[Sub-s. (2) substituted by s. 21 (c) of Act 125 of 1992.]
(3) Where in an action under this section an infringement of copyright is proved or admitted, and the court having
regard, in addition to all other material considerations, to-