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On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:54 AM, ubuntupunk(a)gmail.com <ubuntupunk(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
http://medialternatives.com/2015/08/17/draft-copyright-bill-amendment-alarm/
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> As many of you no doubt know the Copy
Right Act 1978 section 15 (3)
> <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#South_Africa
>
> has been a bone of some
contention for the South Africa Wikipedia
community
> for a long time now as it has effectively meant that we here in South
> Africa are denied Freedom of Panorama
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama>.
> Last week I was fortunate enough to
have attended an event organised by
Dr
Tobias Schonwetter from UCT (and from Creative
Commons South Africa) to
discuss a suggested redrafting of the act. I am happy to say that I
feel I
was able to make a good case to the relevant
authorities from the
Department of Trade and Industry as well as others present for the need
to
> revise the act to allow for Freedom of Panorama. I feel they were very
> sympathetic to our concerns about the need and desirability of Freedom of
> Panorama in South Africa.
> Now comes the hard part. We need to
work on a suggested revision of
> Section 15 (3) (or Section 15 generally) to allow for Freedom of Panorama
> and we need to do it quickly as the deadline for submissions to change
the
> act is the 27th of August 2015.
> My suggestion is to use the Spanish
or German Freedom of Panorama acts as
> guidelines for us which basically state that people are free to take
> pictures or otherwise reproduce works that are permanently found outside
on
public ways, streets or places (e.g. squares,
plazas) and to distribute
and
> publicly communicate such copies.
> Or as the Spanish act says:
"Works permanently located in parks, streets,
> squares or other public places may be freely reproduced, distributed and
> communicated by means of paintings, drawings, photographs and audiovisual
> processes." and goes on to state that this "may not be so interpreted
that
> they could be applied in a manner capable of unreasonably prejudicing the
> legitimate interests of the author or adversely affecting the normal
> exploitation of the works to which they refer."
> I want to notify the community of
this opportunity for us to amended the
> act as well as the progress the Chapter (Wikimedia South Africa) has made
> in possibly getting Freedom of Panorama established in South Africa.
> I also wanted to let you know that
should you have any comments of your
own
> on the amendment of the Copy Right act of 1978 then please have a look at
> the link here
> <
http://saha.org.za/news/2015/August/call_for_comment_copyright_amendment_bi…
>
> for more information as well as
the contact details of the contact person
> at the DTI.
> Thanks and best regards,
> Douglas.
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> South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
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