Copyright Review Commission Report - ICT Law and Regulation ...

TABLE OF CONTENTSLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 1EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................... 31 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 71.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMISSION ............................................................................................................. 71.2 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ......................................................................................................................... 71.3 THE COMMISSION’S TERMS OF REFERENCE .................................................................................................... 71.4 PROCESS FOLLOWED BY THE COMMISSION ..................................................................................................... 92 THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................. 102.1 PRE-1994 NEEDLETIME ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................. 102.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TASK TEAM (MITT)........................................................... 112.3 SUBMISSION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE ....................................................................... 123 HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT AND NEEDLETIME LEGISLATION ................................................................................ 123.1 HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION ........................................................................................................... 123.2 EVENTS FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF NEEDLETIME LEGISLATION ..................................................... 193.3 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM EVENTS SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF NEEDLETIME LEGISLATION ..... 244 COPYRIGHT AND THE LAW ...................................................................................................................................... 284.1 THE RISE OF THE DIGITAL MUSIC DELIVERY ................................................................................................... 284.2 DIGITAL COPYRIGHT LAW................................................................................................................................... 294.3 THE ROLE OF MOBILE CONTENT PROVIDERS ................................................................................................. 314.4 LIABILITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS .................................................................................................................. 354.5 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ‘3 STRIKES’ INTERNATIONALLY................................................................................ 364.6 THE ROLE OF THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION (ISPA) ................................................. 374.7 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................................ 374.8 RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 385 STRUCTURE OF COLLECTING SOCIETIES IN SOUTH AFRICA ............................................................................ 385.1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................................... 385.2 FUNCTIONING OF COLLECTING SOCIETIES ..................................................................................................... 405.3 ‘GOOD PRINCIPLES’ OF COLLECTING SOCIETIES ........................................................................................... 416 LEVEL OF COLLECTING SOCIETIES’ COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS ......................................................... 436.1 ACCREDITED COLLECTING SOCIETIES ............................................................................................................ 436.2 COMPLIANCE BY COLLECTING SOCIETIES WITH REGULATIONS ................................................................. 456.3 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................... 457 LEVEL OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMPLIANCE BY COLLECTING SOCIETIES ....................................... 467.1 BACKGROUND: COLLAPSE OF SARRAL ............................................................................................................ 467.2 COLLECTING SOCIETIES (SAMRO, SAMPRA AND NORM) VERSUS KING III ................................................. 487.3 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................................ 527.4 RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 538 COLLECTION OF MUSIC ROYALTIES ...................................................................................................................... 548.1 OVERVIEW OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................................... 548.1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................................ 548.1.2 Radio stations ..................................................................................................................................... 548.1.3 Television Stations ............................................................................................................................. 558.1.4 Community Broadcasters ................................................................................................................... 55- ii -