Please ensure that in future any copied work has a link back to the original source, including the authors name.

Failure to adhere to this ,will lead to the thread and subsequent posts been deleted.


Thanks


Copyright Act 98 of 1978:

12. General exceptions from protection of literary and musical works

(1) Copyright shall not be infringed by any fair dealing with a literary or musical work -

(a) for the purposes of research or private study by, or the personal or private use of, the person using the work;

(b) for the purposes of criticism or review of that work or of another work; or

(c) for the purpose of reporting current events -

(i) in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; or

(ii) by means of broadcasting or in a cinematograph film:

Provided that, in the case of paragraphs (b) and (c) (i), the source shall be mentioned, as well as the name of the author if it appears on the work.


[Sub-s. (1) amended by s. 11 of Act 125/92]