Ebrahim Patel turns a deaf ear to copyright alarm bells
Content-creating companies will go bust if amendments are pushed through in their current form
03 November 2020 - 16:30
Let’s first set the scene, as we do in the entertainment industry. Before the current attempt to amend the Copyright Amendment Bill began in 2018, SA’s creative economy was governed by the Copyright Act of 1978. Alongside it, and also under amendment, is the Performers’ Protection Act of 1967.
The world has made a paradigm shift since 1978, particularly with the arrival of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). And one would assume that the effect this revolution alone has on all creative industries would be considered by trade, industry & competition minister Ebrahim Patel and his department...
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