Video Commentary
- July 24: Videos of the presentations at the Roundtable on Copyright hosted by FXI, DTI and Google. Link.
Press and Op-Eds
- Sean Flynn in Business Day. Why Fears About ‘Fair Use’ Copyright Law Are Unfounded. Link.
- Tusi Fokane in the Daily Maverick. “Bring Our Copyright Laws Int the Digital Age.” Link.
- Sean Flynn in the Conversation. “South Africa Takes Steps to Adjust Copyright Law to the Digital Age.” Link.
- Matt Sag and Sean Flynn in IP-Watch. Lessons From South Africa: Protecting Non-Expressive Uses In Copyright Reform. Link.
Presentations
- Rehad Desai, Marc Schwings and Izette Mostert. DFA Presentation to Parliament. (Presentation)
- Graeme Gilfillan, Nisa Entertainment. Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry. (Presentation)
- Douglas Scott, Wikimedia. Presentation to Parliament. (Presentation)
- Denise Nicholson. Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA). Presentation ot the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry. (Presentation)
Written comments to the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry
Below is PIJIP’s collection of comments submitted to the South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry regarding the Copyright Amendment Bill. It was last updated on July 19, 2017. Please send additional comments to mpalmedo@wcl.american.edu, and I will them to the list. (-MP)
| Last Name | First Name | Organization or University | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | Scott | Wikimedia South Africa | Comment |
| Moche | Lesedi | Documentray Filmmakers Association | Comment |
| Bird | William | Media Monitoring Africa | Comment |
| Ntombela | Mandla | Library and Information Association of South Africa | Comment |
| Fokane | Tusi | Freedom of Expression Institute | Comment |
| Low | Marcus | Centre for Health Innovation and the Public Interest | Comment |
| Nair | Jace | S.A. National Council for the Blind | Comment |
| Parry | Melissa | South African Guild of Editors | Comment |
| Band | Jonathan | Library Copyright Alliance | Comment |
| Whitehead | Derek | Australian Digital Alliance | Comment |
| Mgwili-Sibanda | Fortune | Google South Africa | Comment |
| Desai | Rehad | Uhuru Productions | Comment |
| Schwinges | Marc | South African Screen Federation | Comment |
| O'Brien | Carol | American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa | Comment |
| . | . | International Federation of Film Producers Associations | Comment |
| Schonwetter | Tobias | University of Cape Town Intellectual Property unit | Comment |
| Nicholson | Denise | University of Witwatersrand | Comment |
| Kouletakis | Jade | University of Abertay Dundee | Comment |
| Flynn | Sean | American University Washington College of Law | Comment |
| Jaszi | Peter | American University Washington College of Law | Comment |
| Sag | Matthew | Loyola University Chicago School of Law | Comment |
| Palmedo | Michael | American University Washington College of Law | Comment |
| Karjiker | Sadulla | Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property Law, Stellenbosch University | Comment |
