Since its inception into South African law, ubuntu has played a key role. In the proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission the term was used to produce a result that no other legal rule could achieve as successfully: it was used as a flexible political notion to justify the desired result of forgiveness rather than retaliation.
In this Legal Brief we look at some of the questions that you should be asking yourself in light of the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Bill (“POPI”).
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Guy Hobbs, a photographer from Cape Town, has recently filed court proceedings based on copyright infringement in a US District Court against Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin (Sir Elton’s song writing partner and lyricist) and their company Big Pig Music.
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A renewed interest in the concept of carbon pricing was ignited by the publication of the “Discussion Paper for Public Comment Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Carbon Tax Option” (the “Discussion Paper”) published by the National Treasury in December 2010.
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Santam has recently been a favourite for being on the receiving end of advertisement spoofs. First DialDirect made an advertisement which appears to have copied Santam’s advertisement featuring Sir Ben Kingsley in a suit walking on the beach, and now Nando’s has struck.
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China is now the second largest economy after the USA, currently the world’s largest exporter and the largest market for passenger vehicles. China’s 1.3 billion consumers present a market opportunity that many firms just can’t ignore. As South African trade with China grows, so does the risk that South African brands sold in the country could be appropriated by unauthorised Chinese companies or third parties.
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What does the law say about making adaptations to literary and musical works? Does the same rules apply even though an infringing adaptation was made from a work that already infringes copyright?
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