Every film, panel and conference session we have recorded since 2019 —
23 videos in all, from two-minute campaign films to full-day conference recordings.
Each one has its own page here, and everything is also on the
ReCreate ZA YouTube channel.
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Fair Use in South Africa
A plain-language explainer on what fair use would mean in South African law — for teachers, researchers, librarians, film-makers and people with disabilities — and why the Copyright Amendment Bill matters.
Explainers
Short films that explain fair use and fair royalties in plain language.
- Fair Use in South Africa12:55 · 2024-03-14
- The case for fair royalties for performers and creatives in South Africa4:57 · 2024-03-14
Creators in their own words
South African performers, writers and film-makers on why the Bills matter.
- Marah Louw on her life’s work and why the Copyright Amendment Bill is urgent3:11 · 2024-02-19
- Artists unite for fair copyright, part 111:52 · 2021-08-25
- Mr President: sign the Copyright and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills2:01 · 2019-09-30
- Dear Mr President — Jack Devnarain1:42 · 2019-05-02
- Dear Mr President — Candice Morgan1:43 · 2019-04-26
Breaking the Impasse: the Copyright Indaba (2019)
The full four-part record of the indaba convened after the President referred the Bill back to Parliament.
- Copyright Indaba, part 11:44:16 · 2019-12-05
- Copyright Indaba, part 21:09:25 · 2019-12-05
- Copyright Indaba, part 330:14 · 2019-12-05
- Copyright Indaba, part 42:52:36 · 2019-12-06
Panels and lectures
Longer-form debates and presentations from the campaign.
- Sean Flynn — Cape Town copyright presentation22:10 · 2019-08-28
- Decolonising copyright: building our creative and information economy — full debate2:44:32 · 2019-08-13
- Indibano panel discussion on the Copyright and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills1:49:35 · 2019-05-28
Right to Research in Africa Conference (2023)
Nine sessions recorded in Pretoria and Cape Town in January 2023.
- C1 After the fires: digitisation and preservation2:12:31 · 2023-02-13
- C2 Health, culture and AI: access to knowledge1:57:00 · 2023-02-13
- C3 African voices in copyright reform2:15:33 · 2023-02-13
- P1 Computational research: African examples2:21:28 · 2023-01-24
- P2 Africa’s copyright laws1:38:39 · 2023-02-01
- P3 African policy leadership2:24:29 · 2023-02-01
- P4 Public resources, public knowledge1:56:19 · 2023-02-02
- P5 Blind SA litigation and lessons1:32:31 · 2023-02-13
- P6 The South African Copyright Amendment Bill1:21:37 · 2023-02-02
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