Category:PD South Africa speech

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This category is populated by {{PD-SA-speech-1996}}.

Works in this category were created and first publishedbefore January 1, 1989inSouth Africaand are in thepublic domainthere because they are speeches of a political nature or speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings.

According to theCopyright Act, 1978,§ 12 (8) (a),"No copyright shall subsist [...] in speeches of a political nature or in speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings."


Works in this category are also in thepublic domainin the United States because they were first published outside the United States (andnotpublished in the U.S. within 30 days),andthey were first published before 1989 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities (renewal and/or copyright notice)andthey were in the public domain in South Africa speech on theURAAdate (January 1, 1996). This is the combined effect of South Africa speech having joined theBerne Conventionin 1928, and of17 USC 104Awith its critical date of January 1, 1996.

The critical date for copyright in the United States isJanuary 1, 1989.


These works may be in thepublic domainin countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply therule of the shorter termtoforeign works.

South African speeches published since 1989 are not necessarily in the public domain in the United States;further information is required to determine their status in US copyright law.

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