[Submitted by Tobias Schonwetter] Excerpt: We note that the 2017 Bill is, as far as the drafting is concerned — and subject to our specific comments below — a marked improvement to the 2015 Copyright Amendment Bill. Some technical drafting errors…
Submitted jointly by the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights, Communia, Centrum Cyfrowe, and Creative Commons Click here for the full submission (PDF) Excerpt: We write to support the inclusion of a modern general exception in section 12 of…
Comment Submitted to the Protfolio Committee on Trade and Industry by Wikimedia ZA President Douglas Scott Excerpt: We make this submission to request that the current South African law be amended to protect the right of FoP, namely the right to…
Click here for the full comment (PDF) Excerpt: This comment presents results of ongoing research on copyright limitations being conducted by American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP). The research demonstrates that positive…