The current copyright act is No. 98 of 1978 as amended (most recently in 2002).
The patent act is No. 57 of 1978 as amended (most recently in 2002).
The trade marks act is No. 194 of 1993 as amended (most recently in 1997).
Copyright law in general does not protect ideas, but rather it protects the expression of those ideas.
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Copyrights protect the "owner" of that material. To use or reproduce it without express approval of the "copyright" holder is illegal. "Copyright Laws'" protect intellectual property from unauthorized use.
Plagarism or copyright Laws!
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Through copyright laws http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanham_Act
Copyright and patent laws protect intellectual property by giving the creator the exclusive right to derive financial gain from the work or invention, or authorize others to do so.
Copyright law addresses the rights of people who create images.
To promote the advancement of science and the useful arts.Another AnswerTo protect inventions, products and intellectual property rights, so that when their use generates money, the money is paid to the copyright owner.
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A writer may use copyright law to protect the expressionof ideas, not the ideas themselves.An inventor would instead seek a patent to protect his or her intellectual property.
Creative works are protected by copyright law.