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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
As is theft of cable services, as far as that goes. Is that not a crime in S.A.?
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Yes, it is, in terms of the Copyright Act. To get even further off-topic (for which I apologise) -egad, but I am humble today- it gets a bit complicated, because even if there is no act of parliament prohibiting an action (or mandating one), something could still be a crime if it offends the common law. Which is an uncodified set of laws inherited from the Dutch. And the Romans (Roman-Dutch law). To determine what the common law says, you dig into previous court cases, failing which you read what Roman-Dutch law scholars had to say and at times even what the Romans had to say. Our entire law of inheritance is based on Roman law. And is still mostly not codified. Which is why until recently a minimum one year course in Latin was a prerequisite for becoming a lawyer.