United States of America
South Africa
Copyright and Related Rights
[Follow-up question] Does the reproduction right for sound recordings contained in Section 9(a) of the South African Copyright Act cover reproductions made by digital transmission in the context of interactive services?
There is some doubt whether in terms of the existing definition of "record" reproductions made by digital transmission in the context of interactive services are covered. However, once the definition of "record" has been amended as envisaged in the Intellectual Property Law Amendment Bill the answer is in the affirmative. A reproduction made by digital transmission as specified will be a disc or other device on which data or signals representing sounds are embodied etc.