Information access is the freedom or ability to identify, obtain and make use of data or information effectiwww.rightsofwriters.com/2010/12/can-i-say-my-blog-is-copyrighted-basics.htmlvely.If every citizen have a right to information and information access so why do we have then copyright and security. Do we really have we have total access to information .Is information accessible to those how have money to buy information . As information become a commodity, poor people they don't have money to buy information Information access covers many issues so why including copyright, open source, privacy, and security
The purpose of the Promotion of Access to Information Act is to ensure that people can exercise their constitutional right of access to any information held by: ... another person that is required for the exercise or protection of any right.Section 32(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996 (the Constitution), provides that everyone has the right of access to records or/and information held by the state and any information held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights.
Image result for copyright symbolCan we discussion about the access to information without not talking about Copyright in South Africa. South Africa is a developing country with ........ Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law, including fair use. A major limitation on copyright is that copyright protects only the original expression of ideas, and not the underlying ideas themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
been broadcast or transmitted, respectively).
"Originality" requires the work to have been produced by the exercise
of skill and effort by the author(s).[5] As in all Berne Convention countries,
copyright is automatic and does not require registration.
The Copyright Act automatically protects works created by
South Africans or in South Africa. It also permits the Minister of Trade and
Industry to extend the same protection to works created in, or by residents of,
other countries; such protection has been extended to all Berne Convention
countries
What type of content enjoys copyright protection?
The Copyright Act protects certain classes or categories of
works. The following works are eligible for copyright in South Africa (in the
Republic).
1.Literary works e.g. books and written composition novels.
2.Musical works e.g. songs.
3.Artistic works e.g. paintings and drawings.
4.Cinematograph films e.g. programme-carrying signal that
has been transmitted by satellite.
5.Sound recordings.
6.Broadcasts e.g. broadcasting of films or music.
7.Programme-carrying signals e.g. signals embodying a
programme.
8.Published editions e.g. first print by whatever process.
9.Computer programs.
Media piracy is the other form of copyright infringement for record company and artist work and creation. You find people selling music and DVDs in the street pavements in South Africa. There is challenging of controlling this habit because of the low income and falling our economies, people cannot not afford to buy things they used to buy. As music and DVDs are falling under entertainment, it been regarded as second priority to many households
Piracy Is a Form of Theft, and Copyright Infringement Is
Neither. By Matthew Yglesias. Copyright infringement is illegal, and like many
things that are illegal (jaywalking, driving a car with an expired license), it
doesn't have anything in common with stealing except for the (not unimportant!)
fact that it's illegal.
Media Piracy's core thesis is simple: people in the poor
world don't pay for software, games, music and movies because these goods cost
too much. Whereas a DVD here might cost you an hour's wage, the same DVD in a
poor country could cost a day's work, or a week's, or even more. In poor
markets where legitimate media costs the same (in relative terms) as it does in
rich markets, the amount of licit purchasing is about the same.
What is the lifespan
of copyright?
The lifespan of copyright depends on the type of work
protected:
•The copyright of literacy works lasts for 50 years after
death of the author.
•The copyright of computer programs lasts for 50 years after
the first copies were made available to the public.
•For sound recordings, the copyright lasts for 50 years from
the day the work was first broadcast.
•For films, 50 years from the date the film was shown.
http://www.cipc.co.za/index.php/trade-marks-patents-designs-copyright/copyright/
Why pairacy
The entertainment industry fears this kind of arbitrage, so
it sells its commodity goods at luxury prices in countries full of starving
people and acts alarmed and hurt when people choose not to pay full freight. the
entertainment industry can still get a profit out of the poorest people in the
world by externalising the costs and reaping whatever sliver of legit market
they can drag out of the poor world by brute force.
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