First and Second Joint Academic Opinions on the Copyright Amendment Bill

Academic opinion · Peer-reviewed

Nine South African and international copyright scholars set out a joint academic assessment of the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13B–2017] and the President’s reservations about it. The opinions address the Bill’s constitutionality, its alignment with South Africa’s human rights obligations, and its consistency with existing and prospective international treaty commitments. Published open access in the Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal.

Authors
Klaus D Beiter, Sean Flynn, Malebakeng Forere, Jonathan Klaaren, Caroline B Ncube, Enyinna S Nwauche, Andrew Rens, Sanya Samtani and Tobias Schonwetter
Published
4 November 2022
Journal
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PELJ) 2022 (25)

This is a peer-reviewed academic paper published open access. The full text is available in the PDF below and from the journal.