Latest articles on Copyright Amendment Bill

It’s vital to get the Copyright Amendment Bill right

Opinion Chola Makgamathe - 7 Oct 2020

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

Behind Ramaphosa’s rejection of the Copyright Bill

Opinion Andre Myburgh - 2 Jul 2020

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

See the light and pass the Copyright Amendment Bill

Opinion Mugwena Maluleke, Tebogo Sithathu, Jack Devnarain, Tusi Fokane, Ben Cashdan & Jace Nair - 24 Jun 2020

Strict copyright laws, championed by media mega-monopolies, dash the prospects of young learners, performance artists and the blind in South Africa

Bills knock movie, TV industry

Article Shaun De Waal - 6 Mar 2020

Film-makers fear that two new laws will affect the viability of productions

Cyril’s industrial reboot will not drive economy to success

Analysis Patrick Bond & Lisa Thompson - 20 Feb 2020

The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail

Dear Cyril, sign the Copyright Amendment Bill

Article Open Letter - 5 Feb 2020

Reasonable time has now passed for you to act, say the signatories of this open letter to the president and Cabinet ministers

Sosela’s one-stop-legal-shop for the arts

Friday Zaza - 17 Jan 2020

Three lawyers, two of them from corporates, have set up a firm offering legal and business advice

USAf’s Copyright Bill rebuttal raises questions and answers none

Article Andre Myburgh - 18 Dec 2019

Bawa’s response misses the point completely. Furthermore, it seem USAf does not represent the position of all South African universities on this issue

USAf’s position on Bill in line with its mission

Article Ahmed Bawa - 13 Dec 2019

Universities South Africa takes exception to André Myburgh’s characterisation of its submission on the Copyright Amendment Bill

Does the Copyright Bill promote access?

Article Andre Myburgh - 15 Nov 2019

The proposed new legislation is expected to have a detrimental effect on South Africa’s creative economy

Send copyright Bill back to Parliament, Mr President

Article Monica Seeber - 7 Nov 2019

It may have good intentions but it fails to achieve what it sets out to do

Copyright Amendment Bill sent back for the right reasons

Article Andre Myburgh - 1 Nov 2019

Parliament passed the Bill but the president has, for very good reason, did not sign it off

‘Lobbyists stall arts’ new dawn’

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 11 Oct 2019

Activists believe the president is under pressure from corporates not to sign two Bills that would benefit artists

New copyright law will benefit South Africans with disabilities

Article Denise Rosemary Nicholson - 18 Sep 2019

South Africa's new Copyright Amendment Bill could help the country take an important step in tackling its own “book famine

The Copyright Amendment Bill is a recipe for recolonising education

Article Collen Dlamini - 2 Sep 2019

One of the unintended consequences of the Bill will be the dominance of foreign content in our schools, as it will disincentivise local creatives

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