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Galago Publishers (Pty) Ltd. and Another v Erasmus (130/88) [1988] ZASCA 131; [1989] 1 All SA 431 (A) (30 September 1988)
Copyright appeal over whether a pictorial history substantially reproduced a prior book on the Selous Scouts. The appeal was dismissed.
Klep Values (Pty) Ltd. v Saunders Value Company Ltd. (493/84/av) [1986] ZASCA 157; [1987] 4 All SA 147 (AD (15 December 1986)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that engineering drawings, even if technical and utilitarian, qualify as 'artistic works' under the 1911 British Copyright Act as incorporated in South African law. The originality requirement is satisfied where the draughtsman applies skill and labour, even if the design is a team effort or based on earlier works, provided the drawings are not slavish copies. The evidence established that the respondent's drawings were original and that copyright subsisted in them. The 1948 agreement validly assigned copyright from the predecessor company to the respondent. T…
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