PIJIP has created a page for comments submitted by members of the User Rights Network to the U.S. Trade Representative for its GSP Country Practice Review of South Africa. This review is being conducted in response to an IIPA petition critical of South Africa’s Copyright Amendments Act.
Comments filed by members of the User Rights Network include
- Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law. GSP Criteria Constrained by WTO Rules.
- Michael Palmedo and Andres Izquierdo, American University Washington College of Law. Copyright Exceptions for Education Consistent with Country Practice.
- Denise Nicholson, University of Witwatersrand
- Jonathan Klaaren, University of Witwatersrand School of Law.
- Ben Cashden, ReCreate South Africa
- Jonathan Band. Library Copyright Alliance.
- Wikimedia Foundation.
- James Love. Knowledge Ecology International.
- International Federation of Library Associations
ALSO: The portion of the public hearing on IPR has been moved to Friday
USTR received more requests to testify at the upcoming GSP hearings than they had expected, so they will need to spread the hearing out over two days. All of the testimony about IPR concerns – the reviews of Indonesia and South Africa – will now be held on Friday, January 31, instead of Thursday.
