Obviously the extent of the moral right in South Africa is is affected by freedom of expression, guaranteed by section 16 of the Bill of Rights .
In very rough terms then it seems that under the constitutional dispensation the moral right or right of integrity can properly be invoked when the use of a […]

This weekend (25-6 June) we are at the iCommons Summit in Harvard. One of the most fascinating issues to come up is that of moral rights. Moral rights are non-economic rights and usually include the right of attribution; to be named as the author. IP academics call this the right of paternity, a term […]

by ccSA volunteer, Chris Bester
The South African Constitutional Court handed down its judgment in the LIO matter on Friday 27 May 2005. In a unanimous judgment, the court agreed with LIO’s submission that South African Breweries had not shown that LIO’s parodying of its “Black Label” trademark was likely to have caused economic harm to […]

ccSA legal lead, Andrew Rens and I are at the Harvard Law School for the first cc iCommons Summit. It’s incredibly exciting. Over 80 people from around the world debating and finding common solutions to the challenges of an organisation growing at an amazing rate. Ronaldo Lemos, Director of ccBrazil, and I took the opportunity […]

Probably our most high-profile article yet, this great piece by Alistair Otter about Lawrence Lessig’s visit to South Africa and the HSRC case study has done wonders for ccSA. Ironically, you can’t get the whole story online unless you’ve paid a subscription fee, but you can email me (heather at creativecommons.org) if you want a […]

News just in: Creative Commons South Africa licences went live late last night! Congratulations and thanks to Andrew Rens and the Creative Commons HQ for making this happen - its been quite a journey! Now you can replace the US licences with our own jurisdiction specific ones. Just go to ‘publish‘ on the Creative Commons […]

From May 25 to 27, 2005, 150 delegates from 20 African countries, the US, UK, India and Brazil gathered in Johannesburg for the “Commons-sense” conference, hosted by the LINK Centre at Wits University’s Graduate School of Public & Development Management (P&DM).
Funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the full title of the conference was […]

The prize: R6,000 cash!
To enter the competition, produce either one of the following:
• a digital video (max. 60 seconds); OR
• a digital artwork; OR
• a digital info-graphic
that, in your view, expresses the essence of African Digital Creativity, Remixing and Innovation.
Interactive work that requires an internet connection is encouraged.
Deadline: 31 July, 2005
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Wairagala Wakabi, Highway Africa News Agency, Johannesburg
Creative Commons (cc), the growing global movement that aims to relax restrictions on the fair use of intellectual property, launched its South African chapter at a festive inaugural event in Johannesburg last night.
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by Alistair Otter, Tectonic Magazine
Creative Commons, the growing global movement to relax restrictions on the fair use of intellectual property, launched its South African chapter in Johannesburg this week.
Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig, speaking at the launch event, described Creative Commons as recognising the need for sharing works and cited several examples of how CC […]

The Highway Africa News Agency’s Emrakeb Assefa talks about the African Digital Information Commons primer
http://allafrica.com/stories/200505270997.html
‘The “Digital Information Commons: An African Participant’s Guide” was launched yesterday at LINKS Centre here in Johannesburg in a bid to popularise the Creative Common (cc) movement on the African continent.
Chris Armstrong, LINK Centre Commons-sense Project researcher said that the document […]

San Francisco, USA, and Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, May 27, 2005 - Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that offers free copyright licenses and tools to creators to make their works available on more flexible terms, today unveiled a localized version of its innovative licensing system in South Africa.
With South Africa offering Creative Commons licenses tailored […]

Razina Munshi has written a great piece for the local Business Day on the recent Commons-sense conference and the launch of Creative Commons South Africa.