I could not agree more, the laws around copy right in South Africa are very ambiguous and problematic.  Some one with some legal experience to help us navigate through it would be a great help.

On 25 December 2013 12:25, Nick Roux <nick@roux.co.za> wrote:

David,

There is a need for legal council on copyright matters and political
intervention to amend the Copyright Act in order to remove these grey areas.

To see how bad the situation really is, ask for a definitive statement on the
real legal copyright of this image.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Africa.svg

Can Wikimedia ZA get involved in this?

Regards
Nick

On Wednesday, 25 December 2013 10:47:20 David Richfield wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please see
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Catego
> ry:PD-South-Africa-exempt.
>
> Who can give some assistance here? Are any of these files under the wrong
> licence? Are any of them copyright violations?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

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