Civil society groups defend controversial copyright bill
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent the bill to the Constitutional Court
Civil society organisations supporting the Copyright Amendment Bill, which President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent to the Constitutional Court, are hopeful the court will find it complies with the constitution and allow the president to sign the bill into law.
Represented by umbrella copyright advocacy group ReCreate SA, the organisations are strongly in favour of the free-use provisions in the bill. However, an expert on SA copyright law and author of a textbook on the subject, Stellenbosch University emeritus professor of intellectual property law Owen Dean, says these provisions contravene the constitution. ..
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