Picture: The chairperson of North West Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Education, Arts, Culture and Sports Development, Paul Sebegoe
By OBAKENG MAJE
The North West Provincial Legislature (NWPL) is set to conduct public hearings on Copyright Amendment Bill 2017 and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill 2016.
On Tuesday, the North West Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Education, Arts, Culture and Sports Development chairperson, Paul Sebegoe said, they will be conducting public hearings on Copyright Amendment Bill [B13 D-2017] and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill [B 24D-2016] at Mmabana Lehurutshe near Zeerust, Jouberton Hall in Jouberton, Klerksdorp, Mmabana Taung in Taung and Rustenburg Recreation Centre in Cashan near Rustenburg at 10h00.
“The Copyright Amendment Bill [B13 D-2017] seeks to amend the Copyright Act, 1978, so as to define certain words and expressions to allow for further limitations and exceptions regarding the reproduction of copyright works to provide for the sharing of royalties in-copyright works.
“It also set to provide for the payment of royalties in respect of literary, musical, artistic and audiovisual works to provide for resale royalty rights, to provide for recording and reporting of certain acts, to provide for the accreditation of collecting societies and to provide for matters connected therewith,” Sebegoe said.
He further said, the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill [B 24D-2016] aims to amend the Performers’ Protection Act, 1967, so as to insert, delete or substitute certain definitions to provide for performers’ economic rights. Sebegoe added that, it also aims to extend moral rights to performers in audio-visual fixations and to provide for the transfer of rights, where a performer consents to the fixation of a performance.
“It aims to provide for the protection of rights of producers of sound recordings, to broaden the restrictions on the use of performances, to extend the application of restrictions on the use of performances to audio-visual fixations, to provide for royalties or equitable remuneration to be payable when a performance is sold or rented out and to provide for matters connected therewith.
“The relevant stakeholders have been invited to attend the public hearing. The public hearings will be streamed live in the North West Provincial Legislature Facebook and other social media platforms such as YouTube Channel,” he said.
The Guardian 