ANFASA-PASA Agreement On Contract Terms Apact 2016
The ANFASA-PASA Agreement on Contract Terms (APACT) is the product of discussions between authors and publishers on what makes up a reasonable
Copyright Amendment Bill – Talking Points For Publishers And Authors 14 March 2019
The Copyright Amendment Bill is detrimental to publishing and authorship in South Africa, and should be rejected. The few benefits introduced by the Bill are outweighed and undermined by its provisions
PASA Permission Guidelines
The objective and purpose of the PASA Permissions Guidelines (“PASAPG”) is to facilitate and efficiently streamline the process of requesting and granting permission to re-use limited amounts of previously published material in subsequent publications
PWC Report On Copyright Bill – 31 July 2017
PwC was engaged by the Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) to conduct an objective and independent assessment of the impact of the provisions relating to ‘fair use’ and exceptions for educational and academic activities
Intellectual Copyright Report
This Report on copyright in the print industries sector was commissioned by the Department of Arts and Culture, through the Print Industries Cluster Council (PICC), as part of a broader initiative to identify policy and development needs in the cultural industries
Joint Statement on the Promotion of Accessible Reading Material for the Blind in a Trusted Environment
The South African Library for the Blind ( Blindlib ) is associated with the national Department of Arts and Culture and is dedicated to blind and print-handicapped readers
PASA Open Access 130205
In the last few months Open Access (OA), in various manifestations, [1] has been gaining ground and exposure. It is commonly held that exponential growth in research output and toll-access (TA) journal prices
PASA Position Submitted to NCLIS
Publishers have always acknowledged that copyright must be fair and balanced to all concerned. This remains true for the digital environment. Copyright exceptions may be suitable under the changed circumstances