Fair Use supporting organisations

Below is a list of organisations that have support fair use in South Africa:

  • International Federation of Libraries & Institutions (IFLA) – represents libraries in 150 countries
  • International Council of Archives (ICA)
  • Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights
  • Library Copyright Alliance (USA)
  • Australian Digital Alliance and Australian Libraries Copyright Commission,
  • German Coalition for Action “Copyright for Education and Research”,
  • EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) – (in developing and in transition countries)
  • African Union for the Blind (relating to persons with disabilities)
  • BlindSA and allied organisations working with blind and visually impaired people
  • SA National Library for the Blind
  • SA National Council for the Blind
  • Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL)
  • Ministry of Arts and Culture’s Legal Deposit Committee
  • Ministry of Arts and Culture’s National Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS)
  • Department of Arts and Culture (strongly supported in Parliament by Ms. Newton, DDG: Arts and Culture Promotion and Development, on 16 May 2017)
  •  National Department of Education
  • Library and Information Association of SA (LIASA)
  • Universities South Africa (26 public institutions)
  • Southern African Research Universities Association (SARUA)
  • Freedom of Expression Institute,
  • Media Monitoring Group,
  • Wikimedia ZA
  • ENCODE