[A2k] Copyright and Doc Film in South Africa

[Sean Flynn]

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American University's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual
Property and Center for Social Media working with South Africa's
Documentary Filmmakers Association and Women of the Sun are proud to
present a special 2-day workshop and film screening focusing around the
issue of expanding the utility of copyright "users' rights" for
documentary filmmaking.

More information, including registration info, can be found at
http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/workshop-dec2009 and
http://docfilmsa.com/rights/ <http://docfilmsa.com/rights/>

Sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Gauteng Film Commission this
workshop is part of a larger international project working with
filmmakers around the world to better understand and expand rights to
utilize copyrighted material in filmmaking without license.

The event will feature the launch of Untold Stories in South Africa: The
Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary
Film, the final report and film from a year-long study of rights
clearance and documentary film in South Africa.

The workshop will begin with a public screening and discussion with the
director of The Order of Myths <http://docfilmsa.com/rights/myths.html>
, a documentary that explores race, music and celebration at Alabama's
Mardi Gras, and which benefitted from a project in the U.S. working with
filmmakers to understand users' rights under copyright law. Click here
to learn more about the film. <http://docfilmsa.com/rights/myths.html>

The following two days at the "SAB World Of Beer" Conference Venue, in
Newtown, workshops will be conducted on how South African filmmakers can
use and expand users' rights under South Africa's copyright law. All of
the events are open to the public and free of charge for members of
Woman of the Sun (WOS - www.womenofthesun.org.za) or the Documentary
Filmmakers Association (DFA - www.docfilmsa.com). The Opening and film
screening is free to all.

Thursday Dec. 10

*	Film Screening and Discussion with Director: The Order of Myths
	A Film by Margaret Brown
*	Venue: The Laager Theatre at the Market Theatre - Newtown
	(Secure parking: Crn, Miriam Makebe St & Gwigwi MMrewbi St)
	Free to all
	7-10pm

Friday Dec. 11

*	Workshop: User's Rights Under South Africa's Copyright Law: What
are They and How Can Filmmakers Use Them?
*	Venue: "SAB World Of Beer" Conference Venue - Newtown
	(Secure parking: entrance on Gerard Sekoto Street)
	Free to DFA, WOS or BFN members and invited guests, a subsidised
fee of R80 for others
	10am-5: 30pm

Saturday, Dec. 12

*	Workshop: Expanding the Utility of Users' Rights: Implementing
the Recommendations of the Cape Town Workshop on Copyright Clearance and
Free Expression, March 2009.
*	Venue: "SAB World Of Beer" Conference Venue - Newtown
	(Secure parking: entrance on Gerard Sekoto Street)
	Free to DFA, WOS or BFN members and invited guests, a subsidised
fee of R80 for others
	10am-5pm

Featuring:

*	Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, American University Washington
College of Law, Author of Copyright Law (2006) and Director of the Fair
Use and Public Media Project.
*	Sean Flynn, Associate Director, Program on Information Justice
and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law
*	Andrew Rens, Intellectual Property Fellow, Shuttleworth
Foundation, Legal Lead for Creative Commons South Africa, co-founder and
director of The African Commons Project
*	Marc Schwinges, National Treasurer for the Documentary
Filmmakers' Association, National Board Member and Head of
Communications for the South African Screen Federation & Independent
Producer - Underdog Productions
*	Eve Rantseli, Women of the Sun
*	Margaret Brown, Independent Filmmaker
*	Freddy Ogterop, Visual History Archive, University of Cape Town,
Author of Audiovisual Audit Report: The South African Liberation
Struggle