Copyright Guidelines and General Resources
- ACA2K Blog
- ACA2K Output Repository
- Copyright and A2K Issues
- Copyright and Related Matters
- Copyright Guidelines for SA Schools (rev. 2017)
- Education and Copyright: Obstacles to teaching in the digital age
- EIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries (English)
- Guidelines for Copyright Clearances, etc. (Wits Libguide)
- Navigating Copyright for Libraries – Chapter 14: Copyright Reform in South Africa from a Librarian’s Perspective: A Case Study Approach (pgs. 315-348)(PDF OA)
IP Legislation (South Africa)
- Amendment of the SA Copyright Regulations, 1978
- Constitution of South Africa
- Copyright Act no. 98 of 1978 (as amended) (South Africa)
- Intellectual Property Amendment Act (TK) No. 28 of 2013
- Intellectual Property from Public-Financed Research and Development Regulations 2008
- Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 28 of 2013
- Intellectual Property Law Firms and Attorneys
- Intellectual Property Laws, Amendment Act of 1997
- Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act, No. 51 of 2008
- Legislative Review of IPR Act and Regulations: Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research & Development Act No. 51 of 2008, South Africa (P. Chetty)
- Open Review of the South African Copyright Act
- Performers’ Protection Act No. 11 of February 10, 1967
- Portal: South African copyright law – Wikisource
- Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Regulations No. R.2140, of October 24, 1980
- Report on the South African Copyright Review 2008
- SA Consumer Protection Act No. 68 of 2008
- SA Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978 (as amended)
- SA Copyright Amendment Act no. 56 of 1980
- SA Copyright Amendment Act no. 9 of 2002
- SA Copyright Amendment Act, 1988
- SA Copyright Amendment Act, 1989
- SA Copyright Regulations, No. 6252 of December 22, 1978
- SA Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act, 1997/Sections 50–58
- WIPO: SA Main IP Laws
South Africa – Copyright Reform Process (2009 onwards)
- Academy of Science of SA’s Webinar – 29 June 2021 – Presentations and Recording
- Basics of Copyright Law in South Africa (video)
- Copyright Amendment Bill (2015)
- Copyright Amendment Bill (2017)
- Copyright Amendment Bill No. 2 (2018)
- Copyright Amendment Bill No. 3-4 (2018)
- Copyright Amendment Bill (2019) (final version approved by Parliament)
- Copyright Amendment Bill returned to Parliament for review (2020)
- Copyright & Performers Protection Bills: sectoral impact briefing – DAC (16.5.2017)
- Commonly Asked Questions and Answers on Copyright Amendment Bill
- Constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill (2017 version)
- Copyright Reform in South Africa from a Librarian’s Perspective: A Case Study Approach (Ch 14)
- Copyright Review Commission Report 2011
- Copyright Indaba (Pt 1) (Dec 5, 2019) (video)
- Copyright Indaba (Pt 2) (Dec 5,2019) (video)
- Copyright Indaba (Pt 3) (Dec 5, 2019) (video)
- Copyright Indaba (Pt 4) (Dec 5, 2019) (video)
- DTI – Impact Studies on Copyright reform – Final Report 31.7.2014
- Evidence Based Copyright Reform in South Africa 2013
- Final Bill 2017 issues
- Genesis and process of Bill from 2009
- Libraries and Archives and our Documentary Heritage – Why Copyright Amendment Bill is so crucial
- Limitations and Exceptions in the CAB relating to Libraries, Archives, Galleries and Museums
- Presentations on Constitutionality and Tagging in the Copyright Amendment Bill (2019)
- President Ramaphosa’s letter to Parliament – 16 June 2020
- RIA Report on IP Laws Amendment Bill Oct 2009
- SA Copyright Amendment Bill (final version, 2017)
- SA’s Proposed Amendments to Copyright Act (with many subtabs)
- SC Opinion on constitutionality of the Bill
- South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill: Its Genesis and Passage through Parliament
- The South African Copyright Law: a historical overview and challenges to address access to knowledge issues in a country in transformation
- The Copyright Amendment Bill in 2020: Diversions, Debates, and the Cost of Delay (J. Klaaren)(PPT)
- Performers’ protection and copyright amendment bill (Jack Devnarain) 23 Feb 2020 (video)
- Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, 11th August 2021 (video)
- Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, 12th August 2021 (video)
- US and EU Interference in CAB legislative process
- Various groups call for signing of the Copyright Amendment Bill (video)
- Wikimedia South Africa/Copyright Amendment Bill (resources)
- Wikimedia South Africa/Copyright Amendment Bill/Timeline
- Wits Mandela Institute Webinar – 21 May 2021 (video)
Submissions on CAB (July 2021)
- ATC211119: Interim report of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B 13B-2017] (National Assembly – sec 76), dated 19 November 2021
- Call for new submissions – deadline 28 January 2022
- Minutes of Proceedings of National Assembly regarding CAB 1 December 2021
- Proposed amendments to CAB (2021) – deadline 28 January 2022
- Submissions on Copyright Amendment Bill (2021)
Opinions on CAB (2019-2023)
- Copyright Reform in South Africa: Two Joint Academic Opinions on the Copyright Amendment Bill[B13B-2017] (2022)
- Legal Opinion on Copyright Amendment Bill (Prof. T. Hoeren) (2022)
- S. Cowen SC et al. Opinion on constitutionality of the Bill (2019)
- Third Joint Academic Opinion on the SA CAB (2023)
Submissions, Reports & Revised CAB (2022)
- Blind SA and Section 27’s Submission on CAB
- Copyright Amendment Bill B13D – 2017 (10.6.2022)
- Copyright & Performers’ Protection A/Bs: adoption – 8.6.2022
- PC on Trade & Industry’s Meeting on CAB – 8 June 2022 (Audio)
- PC on Trade & Industry’s Meeting on CAB – 10 June 2022 (Audio)
- PC on Trade & Industry’s Report on CAB – 10 June 2022 (Report)
- Simplicity, flexibility, equity – IFLA submits comments on South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill
Copyright Amendment Bill – Passed by National Assembly 2022
- National Assembly Passes SA Copyright Amendment Bill (Sept 2022)
- New copyright bill will take South Africa into the 21st century at last
- SA Copyright Amendment Bill (B13D-2017) approved by National Assembly 1 September 2022
- SA Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill passed 2022
- SA Parliament passes Copyright Amendment Bill 2022
- SA Parliament passes two new entertainment industry Bills
- Supporters, Opponents Weigh in on Internet Archive Copyright Battle
Copyright Amendment Bill – NCOP 2023
- Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills (proposed E-list) (passed 26 September 2023)
- Copyright & Performers Protection Amendment Bill: Final Mandates & Committee Reports – 5 September 2023 – NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
- Copyright Amendment Bill & Performers Protection Amendment Bill: public hearings 21 February 2023
- Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: Negotiating Mandates – 11 May 2023
- Hansard: NCOP: Unrevised hansard on Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill – 26 September 2023
Copyright Amendment Bill – 2024
- Copyright Amendment Bill [B13F-2017] (Final Version passed by NCoP and PC on Trade and Industry and House of Assembly Plenary)
- Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills: NCOP Amendments – Trade, Industry and Competition – 6 February 2024
- Copyright & Performance Protection A/B: consideration – Trade, Industry and Competition – 14 February 2024
Copyright Amendment Bill and AGOA – 2019/20
Copyright Amendment Bill and AGOA – 2019/20 – Submissions
- AGOA Eligibility Review 2023 (for year 2024): Federal Register Announcement
- American University Washington College of Law, Program of Information Justice and Intellectual Property – Prof. S. Flynn (US) and Prof. K. Beiter (SA)
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
- Library Copyright Alliance
Articles/Comments on Bill
- ANC arrest of much-needed legislative protection for performers erodes Parliament authority
- A Narrow Basis for a Decision with Wide Implications (IFLA)
- A Right to Research?
- Accommodating Persons with Sensory Disabilities in South African Copyright Law (2012)
- Copyright Amendment Bill – the Saga Continues (2021)
- Copyright Bill is a gateway to accessible knowledge and creativity – not American roulette
- Copyright bill enables creatives to own their work and be paid fairly
- Copyright law must be flexible
- Copyright Reversion – 21 for 2021
- COVID South Africa’s Copyright Bill Is Good for Digital Archives – Here’s Why
- Challenge to the constitutionality of ‘outdated’ Copyright Act heads to court
- Does the South African Copyright Bill Promote Plagiarism?
- EIFL Letter in Support of South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill, 2017
- Follow The Money: Who is against the Copyright Amendment Bill?
- How copyright bill will affect musicians, academics and the visually impaired
- How SA’s Copyright Bill would benefit citizens during COVID
- Letter to the editor: copyright article missed the mark
- Libraries and Archives and our Documentary Heritage – Why Copyright Amendment Bill is so crucial
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #1
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #2
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #3
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #4
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #5A
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #5B
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #6
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #7
- Long Walk to Copyright Reform #8
- Long walk to copyright reform #9: The Copyright Amendment Bill ensures fair remuneration for South African creators and performers (Guest Post)
- Moral Rights of Authors (SA)
- New copyright bill will take South Africa into the 21st century at last
- New copyright bill will make cost of studying in SA cheaper!
- New Proposed Amendments to Copyright Amendment Bill – Constitutionality in Question (2022)
- On A Knife Edge? South Africa’s New Copyright Law (EIFL)
- President Ramaphosa: Please Sign Copyright Bill (EIFL)
- Report on status of Copyright Amendment Bill by Denise Nicholson
- SA’s Copyright Bill: Key Policy Objective at Risk (2022)
- South Africa: EIFL Urges Adoption of Copyright Bill
- South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill – One Year
- South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill – 5 Years On
- South Africa: Significant delays ahead
- Still Time to Act: IFLA Calls for Rapid Finalisation of Copyright Reforms in South Africa
- Tearing down myths around the South African Copyright Amendment Bill
- The cost of accessing academic research is way too high. This must change
- The positive sides of fair use for society and creatives at large
- Unpacking the positive sides of fair use for society and creatives at large
- Various Copyright Resources on copyright in general and the CAB
- What Royalties? Haven’t seen a cent.
- Who is the Real ‘Enemy’ of Artists in the Copyright Chess Game?
- Who’s ‘Pulling the Wool Over Whose Eyes’?
- Why ‘fair use’ is so important for South African copyright law
Copyright Barriers and People with Disabilities
- Accommodating Persons with Sensory Disabilities in South African Copyright Law
- Bongani Bingwa interviews SECTION27’s Julia Chaskalson and Blind SA president Ntshavheni Netshituni.
- Blind SA and Section 27 to tackle ‘unconstitutional’ Copyright Act at Constitutional Court on 12 May 2022
- Blind SA Constitutional Challenge of the Copyright Amendment Bill
- Blind SA wants to change the country’s copyright laws (interview with Owen Dean – 2022)
- Blind SA, South African Guild of Actors call for the Copyright Amendment Bill to be signed into law (video)
- Blind SA victory at the High Court on copyright exceptions
- Blind SA’s Submissions on Copyright Amendment Bill January 2022
- #BrailleIsNoCrime Help legalise braille books (video)
- Challenge to the constitutionality of ‘outdated’ Copyright Act heads to court
- Copyright & Disability (Blake Reid)
- Copyright & Disability (YouTube)
- Copyright Act: Blind SA to challenge Act in court (YouTube, 2021)
- Copyright laws shut out blind and visually impaired South Africans from the world of books (2022)
- Constitutional Court finds sections of the Copyright Act unconstitutional
- Court rules Copyright Act unconstitutional for limiting the visually impaired from accessing books
- D-Day in ConCourt bid to have Copyright Act declared unconstitutional
- Blind SA and Section 27 Constitutional Court case on 12 May 2022
- How Braille is Made (video)
- Marrakesh Treaty 2013 – Resources
- New copyright law will benefit South Africans with disabilities
- Passing of Copyright Bill into law will give Deaf and blind people a fair deal
- Sanya Samtani: BlindSA seeks redress from Constitutional Court on copyright discrimination
- Showdown over copyright laws in South Africa
- South African Government Perpetuates the “Book Famine
WIPO Studies on Limitations and Exceptions
- Copyright Exceptions and Limitations around the world – WIPO International Conference, Geneva, 18-19 October 2019
- Copyright Limitations and Exceptions in Africa – WIPO Regional Seminar, Nairobi, 12-13 June 2019
- Exceptions and Limitations in Indian Copyright Law for Education: An Assessment (L. Liang)
- Studies on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives (2008, 2014 & 2015) (K. Crews)
- Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Educational Activities
- Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Educational Activities in North America, Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia and Israel
- Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
- Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for the Visually Impaired
- Study on Limitations and Exceptions for Copyright and Related Rights for Teaching in Africa
- Updated Study And Additional Analysis Of Study On Copyright Limitations And Exceptions For Educational Activities (2017) (Daniel Seng)
- WIPO – Limitations and Exceptions (Various Studies)
- WIPO Study on Limitations and Exceptions of Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Environment
- WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of IP (2011)
Model Copyright Laws
- EIFL Draft Law on Copyright revised and updated
- Tunis Model Copyright Law
- ARIPO Model Copyright Law
- ARIPO Model Copyright Law – Comments
International Copyright Projects/Reviews
- Gower’s Review of Intellectual Property (UK)
- Hargreaves Report: Digital Opportunity: a Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (I. Hargreaves)(UK)
- Intellectual Property rights Commission (IPR) (UK)
South African Copyright Projects/Reviews
- African Copyright & Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Research Reports
- African Copyright & Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Blog items
- Copyright Review Commission Report 2011
- From piracy to copyright reform – APC proposes new model for South Africa
- Intellectual Property Rights in South Africa: An Economic Review of Policy and Impact (Ethel Teljeur, 2003)
- Intellectual Property, Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern Africa (2006)
- Managing Digital Collections: a Collaborative Initiative on the South African Framework (National Research Foundation)
- Open Review of the South African Copyright Act
- Report on fundamental rights, and global copyright legislative best practise for access to knowledge in South Africa
- Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) – Final Impact Assessment Template (Phase 2) – Copyright Amendment Bill (May 2017) (The Presidency, RSA, Dept. of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation)
- The contribution of copyright and related rights based industries to the national economy South Africa (Prof Anastassios Pouris & Miss Roula Inglesi)(2017)
- The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in South Africa (Prof. Anastassios Pouris and Mrs Roula Inglesi-Lotz, 2011)
- The Economics of Intellectual Property in South Africa (D. Kaplan et al., 2009) (WIPO Study)
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