[Irtalk] EIFL Hopeful on South Africa's Copyright Amendment Bill

[Ina Smith]

EIFL is hopeful on South Africa's Copyright Amendment Bill that seeks to modernize copyright law for the digital age. In comments submitted to a public consultation, EIFL endorsed Joint Comments on the draft Bill from an international team of academics from South Africa and the US, and highlighted support for provisions critical to ensuring access to knowledge in the digital environment. Read the EIFL submission: http://bit.ly/1YjotOR

Kind regards
Ina

LIASA Exco: ICT Development (2014-2016)
LIASA HELIG: Chair (2014-2016)

Ina Smith
SciELO Planning Manager
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

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