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1.4 PROCESS FOLLOWED BY THE COMMISSION1.4.1. Advertisements in the print and electronic media invited interested parties to submit written representations onthe matters covered by the terms of reference. Twenty-eight written responses were received from theindividuals, companies and organisations listed in Appendix 1 (a).1.4.2. Members of the CRC attended public hearings, where interested parties were able to make oral submissions.These took place on 10 May 2011 in Cape Town, 11 May 2011 in Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein, 12 May2011 in Kimberley, 13 May 2011 Potchefstroom, 16 and 17 May 2011 in Johannesburg, and 19 May 2011 inDurban.1.4.3. A summary of the oral representations at these hearings was compiled by the CRC secretariat and is set out inAppendix 1 (b).1.4.4. The CRC investigated the majority of items reported to it. There were, however, some important items that theCommittee could not investigate as they fell outside the scope of its terms of reference. The CRC will referthese items to the Standing Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property for the Minister of Trade and Industry.1.4.5. The CRC wishes to express its gratitude to those who submitted written and made oral representations.1.4.6. Following these submissions, members of the CRC undertook an international benchmarking exercise andvisited seven foreign countries to obtain comparative material to assist it to make recommendations based oninternational best practice.1.4.7. The international benchmarking reports prepared after these visits are set out in Appendix 2 and the keyfindings summarised in Chapter 14.1.4.8. Meetings were held with representatives from the collecting organisations active in South Africa: the SouthernAfrican Music Rights Organisation Ltd (SAMRO); the Performers Organisation of South Africa (POSA), a trustset up to administer needletime rights for SAMRO's performer members; the South African Music PerformersRights Association (SAMPRA); the National Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern AfricaLtd (NORM); the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA); the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary RightsOrganisation (DALRO); and two former directors of the South African Recording Rights Association Ltd(SARRAL), a collecting organisation now in liquidation.Meetings were held with representatives of the main role players in the music industry in South Africa: theSABC; Primedia Broadcasting; the SABIDO Group, which owns e.tv and the ESAT news channel; the NationalAssociation of Broadcasters (NAB); MultiChoice; M-Net; TELKOM, Vodacom; the Internet Service ProvidersAssociation (ISPA); the Wireless Application Service Providers Association (WASPA); Sony MusicEntertainment (Pty) Ltd; EMI Music South Africa; Universal Music (Pty) Ltd; and the Gallo Record Company Ltd.In addition, several government departments and bodies sent representatives who gave evidence before theCRC and provided information, viz. ICASA, the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), and the office of theNational Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP).- 9 -