Fwd: SCFEOT Schedule for oral submissions - 7 March 2023 - WikimediaZA

6 Mar 2023

Hello everyone,

You may know Wikimedia South Africa has been involved in copyright
amendment bill advocacy work for the past eight or so years now. If you are
free and interested to learn more and you are based in Cape Town we, along
with many other groups, will be presenting to the Western Cape Legislature
tomorrow on the issue. Wikimedia South Africa supports the Copyright
Amendment bill because it contains Freedom of Panorama and Fair Use, both
are copyright related legal doctrines that make editing Wikipedia easier.
We are especially strong supporters of Freedom of Panorama as it will allow
us to upload our own photographs of public works (such as public monuments
and the facades of buildings) on to Wikimedia commons where they can then
be used on Wikipedia.

To learn more about the chapter's advocacy efforts you can checkout the
page on meta wiki here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/Copyright_Amendment_…

I am led to believe that this event is open to the public should you wish
to attend but you are advised to come early to get a seat.

Regards,

Douglas Scott

Director

Wikimedia South Africa
Website: wikimedia.org.za

Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727

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From: Zaheedah Adams &lt;zadams(a)wcpp.gov.za&gt;
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 14:35
Subject: SCFEOT Schedule for oral submissions - 7 March 2023
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Good day,

Please find attached the schedule for oral submissions on the Copyright and
Performer’s Protection Amendment Bills at the public hearing in Cape Town
tomorrow, 7 March 2023. Kindly note that due to the influx of requests for
oral submissions, the CT hearing has been extended. The public hearing will
now take place from 17h00 to 20h30. We apologise for any inconvenience
caused.

For those participating in person, please note that the venue is the
Chamber, 6th Floor, Western Cape Provincial Parliament, 7 Wale Street, Cape
Town.

For those participating virtually, the MS Teams invitation will be sent
shortly.

*Please note* - all participants will receive the MS Teams invitation,
whether you indicated that you will be attending in person or virtually.
This is because all presentations must be flighted via MS Teams, even if
you are presenting in the Chamber. For those attending in person, please
bring along a laptop so you can flight your presentation via MS Teams. If
there are any challenges with this, an official will be on standby to
assist with flighting the presentations. Please also be reminded to bring
along proof of identity to access the Legislature.

Kindly note that all the written and oral submissions will be included in
the Committee’s Matrices of Submission, which will be sent to the DTIC for
their comments. Thereafter, the Committee will hold a meeting to deliberate
on the submissions and the DTIC’s response to submissions.

Kind regards,

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