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Events NEWS 

WGSA Online Workshops sponsored by NFVF

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The Writers Guild of South Africa will be hosting a series of webinars powered by the NFVF. To register for these free sessions, please click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3bqyJzz9bl6IB79ALj_LLsBJq3pNPlo3Vy41sb_FVVtRGEg/viewform

The full programme is as follows:

IP and the Copyright Amendment Bill

Date and Time: 18 November 2020 14h00-16h00

Moderator/Facilitator: Theoline Maphutha

Speaker/s: Collen Dlamini (CCSA) & Phumla Nobantu (Mfeka Attorneys)

 

 

Writers’ Rights: Copyright Act, Copyright Amendment Bill, and Script Registry

Date and Time: 19 November 2020 16h00 – 17h30

Moderator/Facilitator: Theoline Maphutha

Speaker/s: Christiaan Steyn (Steyn IP) & Thea Aboud (WGSA)

  

 

Bargaining Council and the benefits for writers and the film industry with Q&A; Employment and Labour department

Date and Time: 20 November 2020 10h00-11h30

Moderator/Facilitator: Ayanda Halimana

Speaker/s: Carlynn De Waal-Smit (SAGA) & Nick van Rooyen (UASA)

 

 

Rates: Why we want standard rates

Date and Time: 23 November 2020 10h00-11h30

Moderator/Facilitator: Thea Aboud

Speaker/s: Harriet Meier (WGSA) & Scharl van der Merwe (IPO)

  

 

Rates: Obstacles in SA around standard rates

Date and Time: 24 November 2020 10h00-11h30

Moderator/Facilitator: Thea Aboud

Speaker/s: Curwyn Mapaling (SAFREA Rates Analyst)

               

 

Standard Contracts: What the WGSA has negotiated so far

Date and Time: 25 November 2020 10h00-12h00

Moderator/Facilitator: Thea Aboud

Speaker/s: Harriet Meier (WGSA), Lufuno Lefowa (Multichoice), Janek Wilimiec & Luke Rous (UASA)

 

 

Contractual Advice: Opportunity for participants to pose their questions and problems to the panel

Date and Time: 27 November 2020 10h00-11h30

Moderator/Facilitator: Vicki Bawcombe

Speaker/s: Peter Goldsmid & Richard Nosworthy (WGSA)

 

 

International Copyright Laws

Date and Time: TBA

Moderator/Facilitator: Theoline Maphutha

Speaker/s: David Kavanagh (IAWG)

 

 

The Berne Convention: Creator Rights

Date and Time: TBA

Moderator/Facilitator: Theoline Maphutha

Speaker/s: WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)