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21 July 2021

Podcast | OFM | Copyrights Are Relevant To All Businesses In Some Form | Waldo Steyn | 15 APR 2021

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ENS is an independent law firm with over 200 years of experience. The firm has over 600 practitioners in 14 offices on the continent, in Ghana, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
ENSafrica exec Waldo Steyn, advises business owners to better educate themselves regarding intellectual property laws and understand how these "assets" can be owned and monetized.
South Africa Intellectual Property

ENSafrica exec Waldo Steyn, advises business owners to better educate themselves regarding intellectual property laws and understand how these "assets" can be owned and monetized. Waldo was speaking to the Business Hour, regarding copyright laws in South Africa on Thursday 15 APR. He explains that Copyrights automatically come into existence when a creation or art work is made, i.e. books, poems, films, software etc. In other words in South Africa, there is no formal registration process for copyrights upon the creation of a piece of "work".

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