European Union
South Africa
Copyright and Related Rights
4. Do all works for which the terms are not calculated with reference to the life of a natural person enjoy protection for the term required by Article 12 of the TRIPS Agreement?
Yes. Sections 3(2)(b) - (f) of the Copyright Act provide for 50 years of protection from the end of the year in which: -cinematograph films, photographs and computer programs are made available to the public with the consent of the owner of the copyright or, failing such an event within 50 years from the making of the work, 50 years from the end of the year in which the works are made; -sound recordings are first published; -broadcasts first take place; -programme-carrying signals are first emitted to a satellite; -published editions are first published