In South Africa, your music is your property, and the law supports you
As we move into a new era of creativity, legal frameworks need to take in the role of human intellect in the creation of AI-generated works
South Africans have been denied the benefits that so many countries have enjoyed for many years
Organisations like Partners Against Piracy, a campaign to protect the livelihoods of content creators by raising awareness about piracy, are gaining traction
The theft of content deprives creatives of a living and harms businesses and investor confidence
The organisation argues that the Copyright Act is unconstitutional because it violates the human rights of blind people. The case will be heard on 21 September
The currently proposed hybrid ‘fair use’ principle does not do nearly enough to protect artists, and will bankrupt them if it forces them to litigate each instance of copyright infringement
The poorly conceptualised and materially flawed proposed legislation was patched up instead of being rewritten. It will now go to Parliament, which should reject the Bill as unfixable
Reasonable time has now passed for you to act, say the signatories of this open letter to the president and Cabinet ministers
Universities South Africa takes exception to André Myburgh’s characterisation of its submission on the Copyright Amendment Bill
It may have good intentions but it fails to achieve what it sets out to do
Parliament passed the Bill but the president has, for very good reason, did not sign it off
South Africa’s new Copyright Amendment Bill could help the country take an important step in tackling its own “book famine
Critics say the new law will favour tech giants like Google and negatively affect the creative industry
After a blog accused the retailer of stealing the design, it apologised and stopped sales
Backing the draft were traditional media, in urgent search of income at a time when web users shun newspapers and television
Before you sign a consent form for the use of your image, be aware of the far-reaching consequences
A dramatist and petrol attendant who wrote Imbewu is up against entertainment industry heavyweights behind the TV series Imbewu: The Seed
The techpreneur is accused of stealing a drawing of a farting unicorn and not crediting or paying the artist
The internet and communications technology have changed the way we consume and gather news.
What do you do if someone steals your photograph and uses it commercially on a large scale without your knowledge?
Readers write in about movie reviews and copyright policy.
One of Bieber’s hit songs is the target of a $10-million copyright infringement lawsuit.
Samsung Electronics has told jurors its products are not copycats of Apple’s iPhone but rather an example of legitimate American-style competition.
Led by singer Sibongile Khumalo, artists calling for changes to copyright laws have handed over a petition to the ministry of trade and industry.
Lawyers who helped prosecute The Pirate Bay have become the latest targets in an internet backlash over the decision to jail the site’s founders.
A Swedish court handed down a guilty verdict and a year in prison on Friday to all four defendants in a copyright test case involving The Pirate Bay.
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/ 10 September 2008
RealNetworks plans to begin selling software that lets people copy DVDs to their PCs.
The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy.
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/ 18 January 2008
Poets are especially at risk if people do not know and respect copyright law, writes Wendy Cope.
If a dummy meet a dummy coming through the rye, are they both stupider because of it?