PETITION AGAINST THE SIGNING INTO LAW, THE CURRENT AMENDMENTS TO THE COPYRIGHT ACT No. 98 of 1978 BY HONORABLE PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA.

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#4203

I have a child who wants to be a writer. I would like them to be able to make some income from their work in the future.

(Cape Town, 2019-03-30)

#4204

Authors will be impacted the most and dont deserve this!

(Cape Town, 2019-03-30)

#4205

I’m signing this petition because protecting creators through modern and effective copyright protection is essential for:
1-creating incentives for investment in cultural production, thereby fostering cultural diversity;
2-economic development; and
3- Creating the kind of culturally rich environment that gives value to life itself.

(Charleston, 2019-03-30)

#4208

I care about the South African music industry.

(Pretoria, 2019-03-31)

#4209

I am the author of 3 books.

(Durban, 2019-03-31)

#4210

Writers should be protected and supported. The only people who will be able to afford to write will already be wealthy. We should be encouraging young, black writers to tell our stories, write our theories and allow them to make a living. T

(Cape Town, 2019-03-31)

#4215

These amendments will destroy multiple industries and cause significant job losses

(Johannesburg, 2019-03-31)

#4217

This is absolutely appalling. The government should be protecting its people, not trying to purposefully disadvantage them. This Bill’s amendments are anything but democratic and do not speak for the artists and creators who value their art and creativity. These amendments are an injstice to all art in South Africa!

(Johannesburg, 2019-03-31)

#4224

Artist deserve to eat

(Johannesburg, 2019-03-31)

#4228

I'm signing this because I believe the bill is harmful to creators

(Cape Town, 2019-03-31)

#4229

I hope that you will resist the pressure from Google and their puppets, and protect the rights of artists.

(Denver, 2019-04-01)

#4236

IP and Copyright deserves more protection than this! Unless all South African creatives stop sharing their work in this country.

(Centurion, 2019-04-01)

#4244

it is important to protect creative content and those who produce them

(Pretoria, 2019-04-01)

#4247

I do not agree with the ammendment.

(Cape Town, 2019-04-01)

#4253

Im an Author and do not want others to abuse or use my creative workings for their gain. We need to protect the creatives.

(Ballito, 2019-04-02)

#4256

I'm signing because the Bill is not protecting our rights as authors but really is destroying mental rights.

(KWAMHLANGA, 2019-04-02)

#4259

This bill is totally unjust and unfair to authors.

(Durban, 2019-04-02)

#4263

The copyright amendment bill will discriminate againts all South African authors.

(Cape Town, 2019-04-02)

#4264

I am an author and wish to protect my rights as they have been for the past 30 years of my writing.

(Fish Hoek, 2019-04-02)

#4268

The bill infringes on my rights as an artist.

(Richards Bay, 2019-04-02)

#4272

It threatens my entire trade and would be devastating to the animation industry.

(Johannesburg, 2019-04-02)

#4274

I believe in freedom on the Internet

(Johannesburg, 2019-04-02)

#4278

I believe that the law will be a disadvantage to creatives

(Pretoria, 2019-04-02)

#4282

I beleive in the protection of any individual or collective creativity.

(Pretoria, 2019-04-03)

#4284

I'm signing this because the Copyright Amendment Bill in its current form could very well mean the end of my writing career, due to lack of income and the detrimental effect it would have on the local publishing industry.

(BLOEMFONTEIN, 2019-04-03)

#4287

I am a retired teacher and bake rusks and hope to supplement my pension a little bit by selling it to a health shop. Both my children are self employed and need protection of their products.

(Cape Town, 2019-04-03)

#4288

I'm signing, because I'm a writer,and it is actually stealing writers', singers' performers" copyright. Nowhere in the world this would be passed.

(Barrydale, 2019-04-03)

#4289

Iam protecting the rights of content creators, which includes myself as an author of educational content and electronic text. Therefore I would be thankful and very appreciative if the honorable President can not sign this bill into law and throw it out.

(Johannesburg, 2019-04-03)

#4291

I am a writer.

(Kriel, 2019-04-03)

#4295

I am signing because I feel the creator has the right to his product/content till the day he dies. Even thereafter his childrens' children children should have rights to it.

(Cape Town, 2019-04-03)

#4299

I sign the petition because to interfere with copyright is regarded all over the western world as a misuse of power to steal from authors and publishers.

(Kaapstad, 2019-04-04)

#4300

Illegitimi non carborundum est

(Durban, 2019-04-04)

#4303

This bill is criminal

(Durban, 2019-04-05)

#4306

South African Artists is already struggling, please don't make it worst. Copyright Terms should be at least a 100years, which is the world standard

(Bloemfontein, 2019-04-05)

#4308

I'm signing because I am a creative who wants to continue owning all my rights, and as a consumer of art I want the creatives to stay eating from their work.

(Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2019-04-05)

#4311

The current climate for musicians in this country is awful and the forst way to correct it is by fixing the underlying rules to make the musical climate for all musicians in south africa an even playing field

(Cape Town, 2019-04-07)

#4313

I'm a creative and I want to have thorough ownership and rights over my craft.

(Johannesburg, 2019-04-08)

#4316

I am an academic writer. Academic writing is a rigorous process costing time, energy, intellect, research and other costs. If writers are not equitably compensated financially for their efforts then there will be a decreased drive towards academic writing, research and knowledge production.

(Pretoria, 2019-04-08)

#4317

I'm signing because I'm a content creator and I want my rights to be protected. Besides being a South African, I am also a global citizen. To go forward our country also needs to be part of the bigger world. Please do not sign this Bill into law.

(Krugersdorp, 2019-04-08)

#4320

As an author this will destroy my ability to earn a living and to continue making a difference in my community,

(Pretoria, 2019-04-08)

#4323

Enough with idiotic meddling in issues politicians have zero knowledge about.

(Thabazimbi, 2019-04-08)

#4327

The country will lose good authors who will have no incentives to author textbooks. This will have a negative effect on the education sector if there is a reduction in good quality textbooks.

(Durban, 2019-04-08)

#4333

I view this Bill as not being sustainable in the long run - content creators will not be willing to create content in future without adequate remuneration.

(Potchefstroom, 2019-04-08)

#4334

This law has serious consequences.

(Pretoria, 2019-04-08)

#4336

We need to protect creators!

(Rio de Janeiro, 2019-04-09)

#4337

The Bill will starve writers already living badly.

(Germiston, 2019-04-09)

#4339

There’s no good reason to change something that works & has worked efficiently & effectively since inception - it is perfect as it is - it works !

(JHB, 2019-04-09)

#4340

I am a author

(Eversdal, 2019-04-09)

#4345

I am opposed to the negation of author rights

(Table View, 2019-04-09)

#4346

There will be major impact on jobs and loss of income for writers editors etc... who are their own small businesses.

(Cape town, 2019-04-09)

#4368

As a composer, I depend on a safe, sustainable income stream that will be jeapordised if this bill is signed into law.

(Cape Town, 2019-04-11)

#4371

The bill will stifle creativity in SA.

(Cape Town, 2019-04-12)

#4373

As a writer I am concerned that writers are being short-changed by this bill and are not given adequate protection.

(Muizenberg, 2019-04-12)

#4374

I am signing bacause it's going to impact artists badly

(Kwamhlanga, 2019-04-13)

#4375

I'm a content creator and I need my work protected

(Cape Town, 2019-04-13)

#4378

We need consultation on matters regarding this Bill.We were never consulted.

AT Sikhosana aka Demor

(Johannesburg, 2019-04-14)

#4379

The Bill will not achieve its objective of ensuring the protection of rights-holders in the digital environment, and does not address the pertinent problem of the value gap. In fact it creates leeway for opportunistic global tech companies to use the works of South African rights-holders without the need to compensate them through the expansive fair use provisions without having conducted a proper impact assessment for local rights-holders. The EU has gone ahead to introduce amendments to the EU Copyright Directive that are more considerate of the rights of authors than what our legislators, who have to deal with developing nation artist, have done with the current Copyright Amendment Bill.

(Johannesburg, 2019-04-14)

#4386

I want my work to be fairly protected.

(Pitori, 2019-04-14)

#4388

I am a songwriter and publisher and want to see copyright law work for those it is supposed to protect.

(Pretoria, 2019-04-14)

#4390

This is our intellectual rights we need to have a last say on what needs to be or what is right for us not just people dictate on us.

(Gauteng, 2019-04-14)

#4396

People who invest time, energy, research in producing their literary and other works, not to mention the years of expensive education which got them to the place they are at to be able to produce these works, deserve to be rewarded for their efforts.
In this country everyone is developing a sense of entitlement - Take, Take, take without having to contribute anything for the privilege!

(EThekwini, 2019-04-15)

#4398

To show up my talent

(Nelispraite, 2019-04-15)