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28.02.2020 / 21:58
South Africa's Copyright Fight: It's Big Tech vs. Artists as Fair Use Reform Awaits a President's Pen
JOHANNESBERG — In 2011, as music streaming was spreading to more countries, a group of South African musicians and performers petitioned the government to reform the country's copyright laws to offer more protection.Led by famed Kwaito producer Gabi Le Roux and performer Eugene Mthethwa, the artists were concerned that weak copyright protection and rampant piracy were harming music creators, who were already struggling to make a living because of largely ineffective collecting societies.A decade