Hi David,
Version B that Denise is referring to is the second draft of the Bill
following the presentation to parliament I (on behalf of Wikimedia ZA) and
many others made to parliament back in August. To the best of my knowledge
version B is not yet out but there is still a risk that it might not
include Freedom of Panorama.
That's basically the difference. Version A was the one that was share with
us earlier this year that did not include any Freedom of Panorama which is
why I presented at parliament.
Update on the Fair Use/Fair Dealing debate: I am told that the radio
discussion has a pro-fair dealing heavy panel and there is currently a big
PR effort by the Fair Dealing team to keep restrictive copyright laws in
force in the new Copyright Act. However one feels about the Fair Use or
Fair Dealing and more or less restrictive copyright laws the public (such
as all of us on this mailing list) is encouraged to tune in and call in to
ask our questions or give our opinions.
Personally I am for more relaxed copyright laws that I believe make our
lives as Wikipedia editors easier and promote what I view as the public
good which is why I am supportive of the Creative Commons push for Fair
Use. But that is just my personal view point and not a chapter one as we
as a chapter haven't really talked about the fair use issue. We have only
talked about and agreed on the Freedom of Panorama issue.
Regards,
Douglas.
On 12 October 2017 at 17:56, David Richfield <davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Remind me again, what is version B?
On Oct 12, 2017 2:41 PM, "Douglas Scott" <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello everyone, FYI regarding the Copyright
Amendment bill we are trying
to get Freedom of Panorama included in.
*ANC Legal Research Group’s Workshop* on Copyright Amendment Bill on
*Saturday
14 October 2017* from *9-11am* will be on *SAFM *and Channel 404 on DSTV.
Public can phone in with questions on 011-5358180 <011%20535%208180>.
It
will be streamed live on
SABCNEWS.COM. Dr. Owen
Dean and Prof.
Karijker
from Stellenbosch University’s IP Unit will be
speaking and then 3 other
people after them.
*Legislation: Reworked Copyright Bill nears completion*
Publish date: 11 October 2017
Issue Number: 4324
Diary: Legalbrief Today
As work on redrafting the Copyright Amendment Bill gathers momentum,
‘more
and more questions’ are surfacing according to
parliamentary legal
adviser
Charmaine van der Merwe – who has nevertheless
confirmed that ‘no policy
changes’ have been made, reports Pam Saxby for Legalbrief Policy Watch.
Where a policy decision is required, the provisions concerned have been
flagged in a version of the Bill Van der Merwe believes will rectify all
technical errors, inconsistencies and repetitive clauses identified
during
May’s public hearings. Only then will matters of
policy be tackled by the
National Assembly’s Trade and Industry Committee.
Briefing committee members yesterday, Van der Merwe said that – while
certain ‘phrases’ still need to be clarified – she is confident that the
Bill’s ‘B’ version will make the Act far easier to understand from a
technical perspective, once the amendments envisaged have been
promulgated
and incorporated. Although no timeframe was given
for the completion of
the
reworked Bill and no discussion took place,
committee chair Joan Fubbs
expressed hope that the remainder of the drafting process will not take
‘too much longer’.
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