Copyright & A2K Issues - 24 August 2015

13 March 2018 · Denise Nicholson

 

South African Copyright Amendment Bill 2015 (deadline for submissions is now 16 September 2015). 

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly on the Bill so far!

1. IP Watch
2. Stellenbosch University
3. Moneyweb
4. UCT/IP Watch
5. Owen Dean
6. Safrea
7. Caroline Ncube
8. Electronic Frontier Foundation
9. Infojustice.org
10. Webber Wentzel

Recent news

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• Prominent SA advocates lose battle over conviction in Namibian courts for working without a permit, misleading immigration officials
• Are the courts out of touch with the ordinary, and often poor, people they serve?
• Where officials, authorised to take decisions themselves, instead insist on unnecessary litigation before overcrowded courts, they could face costs orders – judge
• Kenya’s judicial leaders issue strong re-statement of judicial independence

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