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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION No.
116- 2021 FOR ORAL REPLY INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO.05-2021, DATE OF PUBLICATION 02 MARCH 2021: “Mr B S Madlingozi (EFF): to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture: Whether in light of the fact that music from South Africa and the African continent generally are the biggest revenue spinners in the world today and music is continuing to be the key driver of the internet culture, his department has thought of plans to protect the intellectual property rights of South African artists against being exploited by the big streaming services like spotify, who are now the most profitable ventures in the music industry; if not, why not; if the so, NO716E relevant what are details?
REPLY The Department is currently working together with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competion (DTIC), toward the amendment of the Copyright Act, 1978 and the Performers Protection Act of 1967.

DSAC’s approach to the process was to accept but not blindly so, that the copyright system thrives in the nature of a property right; and the effect is that copyright can be freely traded and transferred and enforced by legal action.
In many instances the transferability principle has had the inadvertent effect of stifling relationship between content creators and those who owns the means of production, and this include those who own the distribution channels.
Our mission was therefore to reverse the legal rules with the view of introducing structural transformation that will lead to a situation in which the copyright system is not used as an exploitive tool but as a means to promote economic growth and development of in particular by empowering the creators, this by introducing clauses that will balance bargaining powers when making business.
In this we insisted on the inclusion of provisions that will give rise to more protection of our creators through mandatory prearranged contractual guidelines.

The Bills are therefore aimed at enforcing equitable control and ownership to the IP rights and to mitigate unfair business practices and ripping off.
local people, As we pursue the agenda to improve our copyright legislations, we are also working together with other sister Departments including the Department of Small Business and Development, Department of Communications & Digital Technology, Department of Trade & Industry, and the Department of Science and Innovation, among others, to finalise the Cultural Industries Master Plan which will be our national blue print - in as far as the development of the the Department recognises arts and culture industries is concern.
Keeping track of global development, the importance of knowledge generation and innovation, and the implementation of strategies that will address skills deficit in areas that are critical for realisation of the goal of structural transformation.

We have put forward for the Master Plan to incorporate strategies that will foster innovation and creativity across the intellectual property eco-system.
Of critical importance, and working together with the department of Science & Innovation, is to ensure that as a country we guard against over reliance of imported technology.

It has been proven that such overreliance tend to compromise many business activities and lead to financial leakages.
Our aim is to ensure that the money that is being generated within the IP eco-system whether through the copyrights, Patent and Trademark, is locally owned and controlled and that the greater part of it is fairly circulated and reinvested within our shores.