Parliament, Thursday, 26 August 2021 – The Portfolio Committee Trade and Industry wishes to inform interested parties and stakeholders that further submissions on the Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill can now be accessed on Parliament’s website.
On 4 June 2021, the committee placed adverts in national and local newspapers as well as on all Parliament’s social media platforms inviting stakeholders and interested parties to submit written submissions with reference only to clause 13 (sections 12A, 12B, 12C and 12D), clause 19 (section 19B) and clause 20 (section 19C) in relation to the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13B-2017].
This call for further submission was in response to the President’s reservations in that various sections of the Bill, including section 12A, which deals with the fair use of a work, was not put out for public comment before the final version of the Copyright Amendment Bill was published and that certain copyright exceptions may be unconstitutional.
Furthermore, the committee invited stakeholders and interested parties to submit written submissions with reference to the alignment of the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13B-2017] and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill [B24B-2016] with the obligations set out in international treaties, including the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) Copyright Treaty, the Wipo Performance and Phonograms Treaty, and the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled.
Public hearings on these bills were held on 11 and 12 August 2021 with the submissions being tabled in the committee. In order to provide public access to these submissions, Parliament had to ensure that it complies with the Promotion of Access to Information (POPI) Act. The process has now been completed.
The submissions received on these bills are published on the parliamentary website for perusal.
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ASSAf updated Submission Authors Alliance Aysha Patel email Band Analysis of Woods and MyburghComments on CAB Beiter Submission 2021 Blind SA CAPASSO Submission CCIA Submission CHELSA Submission Code for Africa Comments on PPB SAMPRA PERFORMER CHAMBER Comments on PPB SAMPRA PERFORMER CHAMBER COMMUNIA and WMDE Copyright Coalition of South Africa COSATU Submission CPA Submission Creative Commons South Africa DALRO Submission DEAFSA Submission DENISE NICHOLSON DHET Submission EIFL Submission FEDUSA UASA SAGA Fester email FIAPF submission Forere Academic opinion Global Expert Network Google Submission HEDSA Letter HJI Submission IBFC Submission ICJ and EELC IFLA submission IFRRO Submission Ilse Assmann Submission Innovus Submission IPA Submission IPO ASA Jennifer Croll email Jugdav email Kawooya Submission Kirstin Krauss LCA Submission LIASA Submission MPASA Submision |
MultiChoice submission
Musicians and Actors for Fair Royalties and Fair Copyright NAB Submission NAPTOSA.Submission NCLIS Submission NETFLIX Submission Nhlapo Submission NLSA SUBMISION Orpen St Andrews School for Girls OSALL Copyright submission Owen Dean PASA Submission PEN Afrikaans PMA Submission Prof Ncube Submission R2K Submission ReCreate Submission Reda South Africa Country Practice Review Intent to Testify Julia Reda Redacted RIA Submission S27 Submissions SA AfLIA SADTU Bohlabela SADTU JB Marks region SADTU Letter SADTU NC SADTU North West SADTU Pixley ka Seme region SADTU Willy Mathaila Region SAFREA SAGA SAIIPL Submission SAMIC Submission SAMPRA 2017 Bill SAMRO SANCB Copyright Alliance SANLiC Shakila Maharaj Simphiwe Mlotshwa south africa copyright intervetion by electronic frontier foundation 2020 UCT IPU LTL Unathi Ndiki VANSA WCG Maynier Copyright Submission Wikimedia ZA Writers Guild of South Africa |
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