Copyright Amendment Bill approved by SA Cabinet

Hopefully this addresses copyright concerns photographers have as well.
 
Us, the consumer, the man on the street.

I'm more interested in how it impacts me, the guy who, by default, doesn't own the copyright on images he takes for a client.
 
Wait, what? How does this affect us?

Radebe said that both bills are outdated, as they do not consider developments at a multi-lateral level nor do they have provisions that deal with digital issues.

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Us, the consumer, the man on the street.

Or the man online on the internet viewing and listening to YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo... even radio stations and utilising other online media distributions. Do this amendment apply to national and international copyright laws?
 
I think it is this http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za/arts-and-culture/articles/amendments-copyright-act-pipeline, but I can not find a gazetted version.

But more important is that the guavamint expedites this discussion:
3.1. Cabinet approved the introduction of the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill, 2015 into Parliament.

The amendments provide for changes to the laws pertaining to infrastructure-related offences such cable theft, telephone lines. Stricter provisions are provided for the granting of bail, sentencing of offenders and creating a new offence to criminalise damage to essential infrastructure caused by tampering or interfering with the functioning of basic services through criminal activity.

The bill once passed will ensures that mechanisms are put in place to safeguard infrastructure, in which much needed public investment is placed, to ensure that the country meets its economic growth targets and increases employment.
 
Which is as it damn well should be.
According to the draft the status quo remains.

There are a couple of new bits that interest me - attribution and royalties to name a couple - but I'm not excited about the handling of orphaned works.
 
Insertion of sections 28O, 28P, 28Q, 28R and 28S are an interesting read when it comes to using tools to make a backup/copy of your legally purchased media (i.e. rip a DVD)
 
For those of us who are not hobbyist lawyers, a summary of what all the changes mean, would be most useful
 
I'm more interested in how it impacts me, the guy who, by default, doesn't own the copyright on images he takes for a client.

How is this possible? I thought any photo you take belongs to you. The client gets copies, but you remain the creator. Surely?
 
How is this possible? I thought any photo you take belongs to you. The client gets copies, but you remain the creator. Surely?

The photographer is still the creator but AFAIK SA is now the only country where the copyright defaults to the commissioner of a photo.
 
How is this possible? I thought any photo you take belongs to you. The client gets copies, but you remain the creator. Surely?

Unless stipulated in the contract, the person that commissioned the work owns the copyright.
 
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