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Copyright Act, 1978 (Act No. 98 of 1978)

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Copyright Regulations, 1978

Chapter 1 : Reproduction Regulations

4. Exemptions and savings

 

Nothing in these regulations contained—

(a) shall be construed as imposing any liability for copyright infringement upon a library or archive depot or its employees for the unsupervised use of reproducing equipment located on its premises: Provided that a notice that the making of a copy may be subject to the Copyright Act, 1978, shall be prominently displayed on such equipment;
(b) shall absolve any person who uses such reproducing equipment or who requests a copy under regulations 3 (f) from liability for copyright infringement for any such act, or for any later use of such copy, if it exceeds copy extent of the copying permitted under the Act;
(c) shall in any way affect any contractual obligations assumed at any time by the library or archive depot when it obtained a copy of a work for its collection.