Copyright Amendment Bill & South African universities

The 2022 Copyright Amendment Bill: Implications for the South African universities’ research economy

Statement issued by Communicare

Copyright Amendment Bill South AfricanCommunicare commissioned a study of the Bill, published in its second open access edition here:   “The 2022 Copyright Amendment Bill: Implications for the South African universities’ research economy”

Read the article here

The conclusion is that our institutions need to undertake urgent planning to address the likely effects of the legislation on the national research economy.

Three rejoinders were invited, see

a) Prof Sadulla Karjiker, of the Stellenbosch University IP Unit, read here

  1. b) Brian Wafawarowa, chairman of Publishers Assoc of South Africa, here;
  2. c) Klaus Beiter, a human rights lawyer based at North West University, here

 

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