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<div>Hello Ina</div>
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<div>I checked on this with the IP Law Unit at UCT and received the following response…</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Dear Michelle:</span>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">As far as I know there is no copyright registry in South Africa because there is no registration requirement for obtaining copyright protection. This said, I believe there is a registry for cinematograph
films. It may be worth double-checking with CIPC (<a href="http://www.cipc.co.za/">http://www.cipc.co.za</a>) though. A possible way forward could be to also get in touch with the relevant collecting society (eg, DALRO for literary works) as the creator may
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">I hope this helps,</div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Tobias</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><Smith>, Ina <<a href="mailto:ismith@sun.ac.zaismith">ismith@sun.ac.zaismith</a>@sun.ac.za><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday 08 April 2014 10:11 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>" <<a href="mailto:irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za">irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Irtalk] SA Copyright Office Database?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve tried to find a central SA Copyright Office where I can check who the copyright for items belong to. There is no contact info at WIPO <a href="http://www.wipo.int/directory/en/contact.jsp?country_id=190&type=ADMIN_CR">http://www.wipo.int/directory/en/contact.jsp?country_id=190&type=ADMIN_CR</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do we have such a copyright registry in SA?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ina</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">Ina Smith</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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