Intellectual Property:
SA Copyright Amendment Bill (B13-2017)
The Secretary to Parliament has, in accordance with section 18(1) of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003 (Act No. 41 of 2003), referred the Copyright Amendment Bill [B 13 - 2017] (National Assembly – sec 75) to the National House of Traditional Leaders, which must, within 30 days from the date of the referral (viz. 11 October 2017), make any comments it wishes to make.
Copyright Reform: Help Us Ensure an Effective TDM Exception!
http://libereurope.eu/blog/2017/09/25/copyright-reform-help-us-ensure-effective-tdm-exception/
Social media a blessing for SA musicians
The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
Tattoos As Intellectual Property- An Indian Perspective
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=625750&email_access=on&chk=1071734&q=445984
Publishers go after networking site for illicit sharing of journal papers
Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU
https://cdn.netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2017/09/displacement_study.pdf
German Court: Thumbnail Images In Search Engines Not A Copyright Violation
EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement Would Harm User Rights and the Commons
http://infojustice.org/archives/38845
Modernisation of the EU Copyright Rules Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3036787
The Viewpoint- Game of Thrones Memes: Potential Copyright Infringement or Fair Use?
https://barandbench.com/viewpoint-memes-copyright-got/
Ottawa NAFTA Round Turns to Copyright
http://infojustice.org/archives/38858#more-38858
New Research Estimates Value of Removing DRM Locks
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/07/new-research-estimates-value-removing-drm-locks
Academics ‘could have to pay to quote’ under EU committee’s plan
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academics-could-have-pay-quote-under-eu-committees-plan