In a recent Business Day article titled “Copyright bill threatens R12bn in exports to US markets (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2019-06-11-bill-threatens-r12bn-in-exports-to-us-markets/)”, a mountain was made out of a molehill. This has often been the case with conversations surrounding the Copyright Amendment Bill.
The SA Copyright Amendment Bill at its heart extends the rights of SA creators and performers to own, earn from and create their works. Often, as in the case of the adoption of a “fair use” right to enable transformative works of creativity and technology, the bill is giving SA creators what those in many other leading countries already have...
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