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Copyright Legislation in South AfricaAfrican Intellectual Property Organizations/ProjectsCopyright laws around the worldInternational intellectual Property Agreements / ConventionsWIPO Documents Copyright Limitations and ExceptionsSouth African Resources / LawsSouth African Law ResourcesCopyright Research Documents / Position Papers / Reports
IP / Copyright WebsitesPapers / Articles / NewsletterUniversity Copyright PoliciesOnline ResourcesCopyright ToolkitsIP Blog ResourcesCollective Management of Copyright
Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978Copyright Regulations, 1978Copyright Amendment Act No. 9 of 2002South Africa: Copyright, Act (Consolidation), 20/06/1978 (1992), No. 98 (No. 125)South Africa Government Online (put 1st)South African Department of Trade & Industry (put 2nd)South Africa: Intellectual Property, Amendment Act, 1997 South Africa: Copyright (Cinematograph Films), Regulations, 24/10/1980, No. R2140 South Africa: Copyright, Regulations, 22/12/1978, No. R2530 (WIPO CLEA) South Africa: Copyright (Cinematograph Films), Act, 11/05/1977, No. 62 South Africa: Copyright (Performers Protection), Act, 10/02/1967, No. 11South Africa: Intellectual Property Rights from Public-Financed Research & Development Act No. 51 of 2008Intellectual Property Act No. 38 of 1997
African Copyright & Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) ProjectAfrican Regional Intellectual Property OrganizationOrganisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle
Berne ConventionWTO Legal Texts: TRIPSTRIPS AgreementTRIPS: Part 11Overview: the TRIPs AgreementCopyright – TRIPS Agreement
Universal Copyright ConventionInternational Conventions (UNESCO)Intergovernmental Copyright Committee (UNESCO)UNESCO Copyright
World Treaty for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons
WIPO Study on Limitations and Exceptions for Copyright and Related Rights for Teaching in AfricaWIPO Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Educational ActivitiesWIPO Study on the Copyright Exceptions for the Benefit of Educational Activities for Asia and AustraliaWIPO Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Educational Activities in North America, Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia and IsraelWIPO Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and ArchivesWIPO Study on Limitations and Exceptions for the Visually-ImpairedWIPO Study on Limitations and Exceptions of Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital EnvironmentWIPO Development AgendaWIPO Copyright and Related RightsWorld Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)WIPO Copyright TreatyWIPO Paris ConventionWIPO Performances and Phonograms TreatyWIPO Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA)
Commonwealth of Learning - Document for Commonwealth Countries on Copyright Matters in EducationCopyright Limitations and Exceptions for LibrarieseIFL-IP Draft Law on Copyright Including Model Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and ConsumersLimitations and ExceptionsLimitations and Exceptions to Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in the Digital Environment: An International Library PerspectiveLimitations and Exceptions – Why they are important for Access to Knowledge“Exceptions and limitations" in copyright vital for South countriesCopyright & Access to Knowledge : Policy Recommendations on Flexibilities in Copyright Laws (Consumers International)The International Copyright System: Limitations and Exceptions and Public Interest Considerations for developing countries (R. Okediji)Shuttleworth Foundation Working Paper on Intellectual Property
South African Department of Trade and IndustrySouth African Department of Arts and CultureSouth African Law Reform CommissionSouth African Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000South African Constitution Act 108 of 1996Constitutional Court of South Africa
African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K) Briefing Paper 1 – April 2009African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K) Briefing Paper 2 – May 2009Consumers International – Intellectual Property – Copyright and Access to Knowledge StudyGower Commission’s Review of CopyrightTips for TRIPS – Guidelines for Libraries and LibrariansIntellectual Property Rights CommissionIntellectual Property Rights in South Africa: an economic review of policy and impactInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM)eIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related IssuesCommonwealth of Learning (COL) – Copyright DocumentsIntroducing Copyright – a plain language guide to copyright in the 21st centuryIntellectual Property, Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern AfricaThe implications of digitizing and the internet for “fair use” in South AfricaCopy South DossierIFLA/CLM Licensing PrinciplesIFLA Position Paper on Copyright in the Electronic EnvironmentIFLA Information Policy – Copyright and Intellectual PropertyIFLA CLM Position on Public Lending RightDevelopment and Intellectual Property under the EPA negotiationsComparative Study of Copyright in Brazil, India and South AfricaThe South African Open Copyright Review Final Report
Digital Rights Management and Access to Information: a developing country’s perspectiveIntellectual Property – Benefit or Burden for Africa?UNESCO Copyright BulletinThe “information-starved” – is there any hope of reaching the “information super highway”?Copyright – Are people with sensory-disabilities getting a fair deal?Digital Rights Management and Access to Information : a developing country’s perspectiveFair Use Boosts US Economy More than CopyrightWhat has copyright got to do with newspapers? - a South African perspectiveDMCA : Ten Years of Unintended ConsequencesLawrence Lessig’s – Against Perpetual CopyrightThe Impact of Copyright on Access to Public Information in African Countries: a perspective from Uganda and South AfricaCrown Copyright and the Privatization of InformationLibraries in the digital age: Minimum Copyright ProvisionsThe Gowers Review of Intellectual Property Extending the UK’s copyright exceptionsBritish Library Digitization : access and copyrightWhy it is necessary for the South African Copyright Act to be amendedGuidelines for Fair Dealing in an Electronic EnvironmentIFLA/IPA - Publishers and librarians promote common principles on copyright in the electronic environmentFair Use Guidelines for Educational MultimediaCopyright, Date Protection and other Copyright IPR (Digital Images)Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Fair UseIFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters - Papers & Presentations (2000-2007)Birth of African Access to Knowledge Alliance (2005)Africa Copyright and Access to Information Alliance (AAKA) formed 2005
African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K) Creative CommonsiCommonsCopyrightlaws.comCopy South Research GroupIPRsonlineCopyright and Scholarly CommunicationCopyright Management for ScholarshipAlternative Law Forum ReviewSouth CentreIPJusticeDenise Nicholson’s Online Information Service - Archives from 2004-2006Global Legal Network (Copyrights)Plagiarism Subject PortalJournalism and Media Studies PortalIQSensato
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa – Copyright InformationSurf FoundationUniversity of Pretoria, South AfricaSome Copyright Sites and Bulletin Boards on the Internet
The Copyright WebsiteCopyright Resources Online (Yale University)AHDS Copyright ResourcesCopyright, Intellectual Property and Licensing IssuesMusic Publishers’ Association (USA) – Copyright ResourcesCopyright Internet ResourcesKnowledge Ecology StudiesJames Boyle’s Intellectual Property SiteIFLA Committee on Copyright & Other Related Matters (CLM)IFLA CLM Position PapersIFLA CLM Publication Listing
Eduserv Copyright ToolkitCopyright Tool BoxCopyright and Distance Learning Toolkit
Afro-IP – African intellectual property law, practice & policies Ask Before You Act BlogCopyright 49Copyright Questions and AnswersIP Menu: Global Intellectual PropertyElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)Electronic Information for Libraries Network (eIFL)Michael GeistPeter SuberLesley Ellen Harris Lawrence Lessig’s WikiLawrence Lessig’s BlogACA2K BlogAndrew Rens BlogDaily Dose of IP Blog (Mark Reichel)
Dramatic, Artistic & Literary Rights Organization (DALRO) (South Africa)South African Music Rights Organization (SAMRO)Collective Management of CopyrightCopyright.ComInternational Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations (IFRRO)Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) (UK)Newspaper Licensing Agency (UK)Publishers Association of South AfricaNational Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern Africa Limited