OPINIONISTA: Supporters of the Copyright Bill should avoid resorting to political expediency to achieve their aims

It appears that the proponents of the Copyright Amendment Bill will stop at nothing to see it enacted. In this vein, it appears that they have resorted to placing the blind and visually impaired at the centre of their attempts to pressure the president to sign the bill. This is clear from the, “Blind SA goes to ConCourt in effort to compel President to sign Copyright Amendment Bill”.

As stated on other occasions, the fact that the draft bill could not even adequately transpose the Treaty suggested that those tasked with drafting it lacked the necessary competence in the area of South African copyright law. For the avoidance of doubt, if the relevant provisions of the bill that seek to give effect to the Treaty and transpose it into South African law are excised from the bill and are given effect to immediately by the president, there would be no objection from any corner in the country. Of that, I am sure.

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