Performer Protection Amendment News Today

The Copyright Amendment Bill is a vital and urgent piece of legislation aimed at valuing artists and empowering marginalised groups.

The support staff of three provincial committees have simply not responded to emails asking for meetings dates. Two stopped communicating with stakeholders as soon as their public hearings ended.

The sector says this bill could force creatives to take legal action each time their work is used without their permission.

The controversial piece of legislation is now in the final leg of a second parliamentary process that could see it passed this year, warts and all. But only if nothing goes wrong procedurally. All eyes are on the public hearings now underway. The controversial piece of legislation is now in the...

The ACA and CPA have raised key concerns on behalf of industry stakeholders in SA’s advertising and television commercial production industries.

Many performing artists live from hand to mouth, and from one gig to another. No work means no pay and, as result, there have been depressing tales of performing artists who have to work while sick to keep the wolf at bay or who died without a cent to their names.

On Tuesday, Ramaphosa mourned her death and expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the late performer. “We have lost a household performer whose distinctive energy, artistic versatility and humility touched generations of South Africans for more than three decades. “On stage and screen Shaleen Surtie-Richards held a mirror to our unjust past and gave us hope for our future as a nation. May her soul rest in peace,” said Ramaphosa.  Reacting to his condolences, act...

Parliament wants Justice Department to present programme to fix defective laws By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share Cape Town - Parliament wants the Justice Department to make a presentation on their programme to fix laws that were found defective by the Constitutional Court. This comes after the justice and correctional services portfolio committee was briefed yesterday by the parliamentary legal services unit about the four laws that were found to be unconstitutional. Parliament has at times not met t...

The portfolio committee on trade and industry has recommended that the National Assembly consider rescinding its decision to pass the bills.

EUIPO adds 32m Chinese marks to TMview database Chinas IP office, CNIPA, has made its trademark data available on the TMview search tool, an EUIPO database launched in 2010. The EUIPO announced the update on Wednesday, May 19. TMview now contains data from 75 participating offices, including 96.4 million trademarks, 32 million of which came from CNIPA. CNIPA commissioner Shen Changyu and EUIPO executive director Christian Archambeau held a virtual meeting to celebrate the inclusion of the Chine...