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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Your employee develops software for (i) his own use to improve his work performance; or (ii) use by the employer. Who owns the copyright in the software?
At a first glance, the answer seems obvious: The Copyright Act 98 of 1978 indeed makes provision for this in section 21 (1) (d) ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
If a website provider includes databases on its site, can it stop other people from using or reproducing data from those databases?
Yes. A database is protected as a literary work under the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 whilst computer programs ...
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
If you are looking for a new brand name for a product, service or business it makes sense to do some checks as part of the process. There is no point coming up with a fantastic name if others are also using it and you are not going to be ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
No. This would amount to a contravention of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 if the content as the copyrighted work was first published in South Africa or made by a "qualified person" (a South African or company registered and incorporated under the laws of South Africa). The responsible Minister ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Many of us convert audio CDs we have bought from their native CD-DA format to MP3 or some other compressed audio format . The act of converting CDs is commonly known as "ripping" - when the term was coined, it had a perverse meaning. Many loved the idea ...
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