Reuses other publishers' content, in South Africa

Copyright Act 98 of 1978, s. 12(1)(c), (3), (7) and (8) (general exceptions from protection of literary works) · Read the law's page

• You may deal fairly with a literary or musical work to report current events in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, or by broadcast, if you mention the source and the author.
• You may quote from a literary or musical work lawfully available to the public, including a newspaper or periodical article as a press summary, if the quotation is compatible with fair practice, does not exceed what the purpose justifies, and mentions the source and author; no fixed length cap applies beyond that test.
• You may reproduce or broadcast an article on a current economic, political or religious topic published in a newspaper, periodical or broadcast, if the reproduction has not been expressly reserved and you clearly mention the source.
• You need not license official texts of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, political speeches, or news of the day that are mere items of press information: no copyright attaches to them.

Copyright Amendment Bill, 2017 (B13-2017), s. 12A (general exception from copyright protection) · Read the law's page

• You would be able to make fair use of a work without infringing copyright for purposes including research, private study, criticism, review, reporting current events, scholarship, teaching, education, parody and library and archive preservation; this open-ended exception would reach aggregation and text-and-data-mining more broadly than the current closed list.
• Attribute the source and author, and expect fair use to be assessed against four factors: the nature of the work, the amount used, the purpose and commercial character of the use, and the effect on the potential market for the work.