march for fair copyright - pretoria
10 December 2020
COPYRIGHT INDABA - Johannesburg
5 December 2019
Decolonising copyright: building our creative and information economy, full debate - Cape Town
14 August 2019
Sean Flynn’s Cape Town presentation on Fair use and the Copyright Amendment bill.
14 August 2019
Sean Flynn is the Associate Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law, and a former clerk to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson. He has been working on intellectual property and development projects in South Africa for over 20 years and lived in South Africa from 1999-2001.
Decolonising copyright: building our creative and information economy, full debate - Johannesburg
13 August 2019
Mr President: Sign the Copyright and Performer Protection Amendment Bills
May 2019
Dear Mr President please sign the Copyright Amendment Bill & Performers Protection Amendment Bill
2 May 2019
An Appeal from the South African Guild of Actors Chairman Jack Devnarain.
Dear Mr President please sign the Copyright Amendment Bill & Performers Protection Amendment Bill
26 April 2019
An Appeal from the South African Guild of Actors.
Copyright Amendment Bill Recorded Stream
19 March 2019
The Copyright Amendment Bill has provoked a number of negative reactions in the wake of its passing before the National Assembly, with summits and symposiums by Copyright elitists claiming that the Bill will infringe on their copyrights. ReCreate in partnership with Wikimedia ZA feel that there is a need to remind the public of the true benefits and reasons we support the Copyright Amendment Bill. This panel discussion featured:
Prof Sean Flynn - American College of Law academic
Dr Leti Kleyn - Academy of Science of South Africa
Dr Tobias Schonwetter - UCT academic
Tusi Fokane - Independent Free Expression Consultant
Douglas Scott - President of Wikimedia ZA
Wandile Dlamini - Civil Society Activist
Lulamile Mohapi - Computer games developer
UPDATES ON REFORMING THE COPYRIGHT ACT
5 December 2018
Today's vote in the House on the Copyright Amendment bill.
From 48:10 to 1:55:36 is the first vote on the Bill. There after until 2:58:44 they are voting on the Performers Protection Bill until the second vote on the Copyright Amendment Bill again from 2:58:44 to 3:07:55.
The Copyright Amendment Bill passed on the second vote with no abstentions, 197 “yes” votes and 4 “no” votes. The next step for the bill is to appear before the National Council of Provinces for concurrence.
Voting patters of each party on the Copyright Amendment bill.
African National Congress - voted for the bill
Democratic Alliance - voted against the bill
Economic Freedom Fighters - voted in for the bill
Inkatha Freedom Party - voted against the bill
National Freedom Party - voted for the bill
United Democratic Movement - voted for the bill
Freedom Front Plus - voted against the bill
African Christian Democratic Party - voted for the bill
FAIR USE IN SOUTH AFRICA
10 November 2018
Why Fair Use and the Copyright Amendment Bill is so important and needed in South Africa.