Universities South Africa’s Position on Copyright Bill In Line With Its Mission

Excerpt from op-ed in the Mail and Guardian by Ahmed Bawa 
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Universities in South Africa pay more than 10 times as much for course-pack licences as their university presses gain in licensing revenue from course packs. If the Bill were passed, and assuming that all course-pack licensing ceased — which we do not agree the Bill requires — then universities would have millions of extra rands they could reinvest in scholarly publishing and access. This would benefit, not harm, universities and their researchers, presses and students.

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