Noted and thanks Douglas. Best, Bobby Shabangu
On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 19:59, Douglas Scott <douglas.sc...@wikimedia.org.za> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > You may know Wikimedia South Africa has been involved in copyright > amendment bill advocacy work for the past eight or so years now. If you are > free and interested to learn more and you are based in Cape Town we, along > with many other groups, will be presenting to the Western Cape Legislature > tomorrow on the issue. Wikimedia South Africa supports the Copyright > Amendment bill because it contains Freedom of Panorama and Fair Use, both > are copyright related legal doctrines that make editing Wikipedia easier. > We are especially strong supporters of Freedom of Panorama as it will allow > us to upload our own photographs of public works (such as public monuments > and the facades of buildings) on to Wikimedia commons where they can then > be used on Wikipedia. > > To learn more about the chapter's advocacy efforts you can checkout the > page on meta wiki here: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/Copyright_Amendment_Bill > > I am led to believe that this event is open to the public should you wish > to attend but you are advised to come early to get a seat. > > Regards, > > Douglas Scott > > Director > > Wikimedia South Africa > Website: wikimedia.org.za > > Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727 > > A non-profit membership organisation > > Discord <https://discord.gg/HwBwHWWurr> | Zulip > <https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/147876-Main-Chat> | > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA> | Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/wikimedia_za/> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Zaheedah Adams <zad...@wcpp.gov.za> > Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 14:35 > Subject: SCFEOT Schedule for oral submissions - 7 March 2023 > To: Owen Dean (o.d...@spoor.com) <o.d...@spoor.com>, Douglas Scott < > douglas.sc...@wikimedia.org.za>, cdek...@wikimedia.org < > cdek...@wikimedia.org>, Denise Nicholson < > denise.nichol...@scholarlyhorizons.com>, Recreate ZA <recreat...@gmail.com > >, > bcash...@gmail.com <bcash...@gmail.com>, Kyla Jade <kylajad...@gmail.com>, > khaoli.leg...@gmail.com <khaoli.leg...@gmail.com>, pakelame...@gmail.com < > pakelame...@gmail.com>, sydneymogop...@gmail.com <sydneymogop...@gmail.com > >, > Nicolaas Faasen <nico...@gmail.com>, i...@voicesofafricatoday.org < > i...@voicesofafricatoday.org>, Sibongile Kwazi <kwa...@sadtu.org.za>, > mol...@condenast.co.za <mol...@condenast.co.za>, Peter Lor < > peterj...@gmail.com>, Thando Philison <than...@capasso.co.za>, Andrew > Rens < > ar...@researchictafrica.net>, Lelona Mxesibe <lmxes...@africapractice.com > >, > sler...@vonseidels.com <sler...@vonseidels.com>, Adrian Galley < > vice...@saguildofactors.co.za>, Nhlanhla Sibisi Sibisi < > nhlan...@risa.org.za>, > Van Deventer, Gert [g...@sun.ac.za] <g...@sun.ac.za>, Kat, C [ > car...@sun.ac.za] > <car...@sun.ac.za>, vicepresid...@blindsa.org.za < > vicepresid...@blindsa.org.za>, p...@blindsa.org.za <p...@blindsa.org.za>, > Demichelle Petherbridge <petherbri...@section27.org.za> > > > > > Good day, > > > > Please find attached the schedule for oral submissions on the Copyright and > Performer’s Protection Amendment Bills at the public hearing in Cape Town > tomorrow, 7 March 2023. Kindly note that due to the influx of requests for > oral submissions, the CT hearing has been extended. The public hearing will > now take place from 17h00 to 20h30. We apologise for any inconvenience > caused. > > > > For those participating in person, please note that the venue is the > Chamber, 6th Floor, Western Cape Provincial Parliament, 7 Wale Street, Cape > Town. > > For those participating virtually, the MS Teams invitation will be sent > shortly. > > > > *Please note* - all participants will receive the MS Teams invitation, > whether you indicated that you will be attending in person or virtually. > This is because all presentations must be flighted via MS Teams, even if > you are presenting in the Chamber. For those attending in person, please > bring along a laptop so you can flight your presentation via MS Teams. If > there are any challenges with this, an official will be on standby to > assist with flighting the presentations. Please also be reminded to bring > along proof of identity to access the Legislature. > > > > Kindly note that all the written and oral submissions will be included in > the Committee’s Matrices of Submission, which will be sent to the DTIC for > their comments. Thereafter, the Committee will hold a meeting to deliberate > on the submissions and the DTIC’s response to submissions. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > *CAUTION - EXTERNAL SENDER -* Please be careful when opening links and > attachments. WCPP - Information Technology and Digital Service (ITDS) > > > Please note: This email and its content are subject to a disclaimer which > can be found here <http://www.wcpp.gov.za/node/1529>. Should you not have > internet access, send an email to disclai...@wcpp.gov.za and a copy will > be > sent to you. 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