Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, News Reporting and Quotation Exceptions
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, s. 15(6)-(8)
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In force since 15 March 1996.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Section 15(6) provides that the copyright in a lecture, address, or other work of a similar nature delivered in public is not infringed by its reproduction in the press or its communication in a broadcast, made for an informatory purpose.
Section 15(7) provides that the copyright in an article published in a newspaper, magazine, or similar periodical, or in a broadcast, on a current economic, political, or religious topic, is not infringed by its reproduction in the press or its communication in a broadcast, unless such reproduction or communication was expressly reserved when the article was first published or the work was broadcast, provided the source is clearly mentioned in the reproduction or communication.
Section 15(8) provides that no copyright subsists in the official text of a legislative, administrative, or legal work, a political speech or one delivered in judicial proceedings, or publications or broadcasts of news of the day, though the author of a political speech retains the exclusive right to publish a collection of such speeches.
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