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Conceptualizing Copyright Exceptions in China and South Africa

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The rapid development of ICT and global information networks gives developing countries, such as South Africa and China, unprecedented opportunities to provide quality education and research to their people. Copyright law plays an important role in regulating materials, used for education and research, which are subject to copyright protection. In order to avoid an overprotective copyright regime curtailing research and development, copyright law needs to maintain a dynamic balance among authors, derivative copyright proprietors and users to ensure that it nevertheless promotes societal access to knowledge.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Boyle (2004), pp. 2–10; Hugenholtz (2000–2001), pp. 77–89.

  2. 2.

    Hardy (1996), p. 224; Netanel (1996), pp. 382–384.

  3. 3.

    May (2003), pp. 1–5.

  4. 4.

    Black (2002), pp. 115–116.

  5. 5.

    Litman (1996), pp. 20–48.

  6. 6.

    Gordley (1995), pp. 555–560.

  7. 7.

    Kozyris (1994), p. 165.

  8. 8.

    Örücü (2002), p. 13.

  9. 9.

    May (2003), pp. 4–5.

  10. 10.

    Hugenholtz and Okediji (2008), p. 25.

  11. 11.

    Article 9(2) of the Berne Convention.

  12. 12.

    Ngombe (2007), pp. 64–65.

  13. 13.

    WIPO and Sirinelli (1999), pp. 3–4.

  14. 14.

    Miller and Feigenbaum (2002).

  15. 15.

    Nimmer and Krauthaus (1994–1995), pp. 30–32; Miller and Feigenbaum (2002).

  16. 16.

    Stefik (1996), pp. 230–234; Clark (1995), pp. 97–101.

  17. 17.

    Netanel (1996), p. 283.

  18. 18.

    Rawls (1971), p. 60; Crocker (1977), p. 266; Fleischacker (2004), pp. 109–115.

  19. 19.

    Brennan (2005), p. 83.

  20. 20.

    For China, see Art 19 the Constitution of 1982, as amended in 1988, 1993, 1999 and 2004, and for South Africa, see Ch 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996.

  21. 21.

    Senftleben (2004), pp. 198–205.

  22. 22.

    Ss 85 & 86 of the ECTA.

  23. 23.

    The major legislative pieces dealing with anti-circumvention acts are Art 47(6) of the Copyright Law Amendments of 2001; Art 24(3) of the Regulations on Protection of Computer Software; and Art 4 of the Information Network Regulations.

  24. 24.

    Pistorius (2006), pp. 16–18.

  25. 25.

    Gray and Seeber (2004), pp. 76–77.

  26. 26.

    Liebowitz (1985), pp. 956–958; Johnson (1985), pp. 160–174; Novos and Waldman (1987), pp. 36–43; Besen and Kirby (1989), pp. 256–278.

  27. 27.

    Brennan (2005), p. 82.

  28. 28.

    Johnson and Waldman (2005), pp. 33–35.

  29. 29.

    CIPR (2002), pp. 98–100.

  30. 30.

    Adewopo (2001), p. 75; Gray and Seeber (2004), pp. 98 & 140.

  31. 31.

    Wang (2015), p. 851.

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Wang, J. (2018). Conclusion. In: Conceptualizing Copyright Exceptions in China and South Africa. China-EU Law Series, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71831-6_8

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