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[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 do, however, remain. In particular, in many sections of the Bill, the word “author” is […]
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 the South African Copyright Act, and to offer refinements to the 2017 Bill’s proposal that […]
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 represent public works of art and architecture in other derivative works, such as in photographs […]
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 economic outcomes are associated with greater openness in copyright limitations, and it supports arguments that […]
[Printable PDF of this Comment] The Library Copyright Alliance (“LCA”) consists of three major library associations in the United States: the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries. These associations represent over 100,000 libraries in the United States employing more than 350,000 librarians and other personnel. […]
Click here for the full submission (PDF) Excerpt: Filmmakers support the added detail that the 2017 bill gives to what is currently a “fair dealing” exception, now proposed to be called “fair use.” Much that is in the proposed fair use standard is useful to filmmakers. We are particularly supportive of the Bill’s proposed clarifications that […]
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