Digital Rights South African Book Development Council Digital Technologies Summit March 2015

Digital rights Challenges Closed business models Legislative reform Copyright implications of closed business models SWOT

REPROGRAPHICS Single copy – serve many simultaneously Unlimited copies limited time investment No loss of quality No geographical constraints –c–copies may be downloaded by several people from different locations –U–Use of works not restrained by physical locality: works on the Internet can be simultaneously read by millions of people. Time & place of copying undeterminable

CLOSED SYSTEM OF CONTENT PROVISION “A business method for providing e-content” ZA 2014/04226 Substantial reduction on transaction cost - no bookshop - 1 invoice to UJ Internal verification systems All students get the e-books (no need for fair dealing) Second-hand book market - virtually eliminated Increase in reprographic income - controlled

COPYRIGHT REFORM WCT; Marrakesh New digital rights – communication and making available Fair dealing expansion TPMs not to counter fair dealing Visually impaired

LEGISLATIVE REFORM Focus is on: Digital rights Digital access

Code Format shifts Enforcement Private use Technology Closed system - verify Extend to other disabilities visually impaired Fundamental rights National Policies – OERS; One book; IP R&D Fair dealing Open publishing New copyright rights Technological means - new distribution TPMs Fundamental rights SW T O

CLOSED SYSTEM OF CONTENT PROVISION “A business method for providing e-content” ZA 2014/04226 Substantial reduction on transaction cost - no bookshop - 1 invoice to UJ – 3 rd party agreement Internal verification systems All students get the e-books (no need for fair dealing) Second-hand book market - virtually eliminated Increase in reprographic income - controlled

CONCLUSIONS Rationale copyright local context Instrument economic and public policy: –Compensate author –Incentivise creativity –Investment in addition creative outputs –Knowledge generation Balancing act Opportunities to implement