We would like to invite you to a workshop on Copyright Users Rights and the Clearance Culture in South African Filmmaking on August 18, at 10h00, at the NFVF, 87 Central Street, Houghton, 2198, Johannesburg. This workshop will be hosted by SASFED and its Affiliates, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) at American University Washington College of Law in the United States, and the Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Cape Town. The workshop follows, and will report back on, research by the partner organisations on documentary filmmaker views and perceptions on the rights of filmmakers to reuse and transform material in their filmmaking without licensing restrictions.
In short, the research shows that such practices are common and often thought to be illegal, but are likely fully within filmmaker user rights. See http://docfilmsa.com/projects/user-rights- project/ and https://docorg.ca/sites/docorg.ca/files/DOC-FairDealing-EN-v2-web.pdf
This workshop will feature a roundtable discussion with the researchers on the outcomes of that research, as well as some of the possible actions that could be taken supported by it, including taking positions in the announced revision of the Copyright Act and the production of best practices statements by filmmaker organisations.
The roundtable participants will include
- Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
- Sean Flynn, Executive Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) at American University Washington College of Law
- Tobias Schonwetter, Executive Director, IP Unit, University of Cape Town
- Andrew Rens, Fellow, IP Unit, and University of Cape Town
AGENDA
10h00 Opening and Welcome Full SASFED Member Organisations: DFA – The Documentary Filmmakers Association / IPO – The Independent Producers Organisation / PMA – The Personal Managers’ Association / SACIA – Southern African Communications Industries Associations / SAGA – South African Guild of Actors / SAGE – South African Guild of Editors / WGSA – Writers’ Guild of South Africa SASFED is also formally affiliated to: FEPACI – Pan African Federation of Film – Makers / SOS: Supporting Public Broadcasting / TVIEC – Television Industry Emergency Coalition 
10h30 Copyright Users Rights and the Clearance Culture in South African Filmmaking
Sean Flynn Untold Stories in South Africa: Summary of Research Findings
Peter Jaszi Lessons from the United States ● Interpreting the quotation right ● Best Practices
Andrew Rens Proposals for the South African Copyright Act Revision ● Alterations to the quotation right. ● Proposing Fair use.
Tobias Schonwetter Creative Commons Licensing and the Availability (Present and future) Legal Assistance for Documentary Filmmakers
13h00 Lunch and networking
KINDLY RSVP before 14 AUGUST 2014 at12h00 to info@sasfed.org
