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The blind in South Africa are not seeing legislative amendments that could make their lives easier.

They say the Copyright Act of 1978 is not only discriminatory but it also limits their right to freedom of expression and information.

Last year, the High Court in Pretoria declared the act unconstitutional and invalid. And they are now taking this matter to the Constitutional Court. “We sometimes have to wait very long for the copyright exemption. In fact, I had to abandon a year’s study because we could not get copyright permission for one of the books I would need. We never got copyright exemption for that.”De Klerk says in instances where they are lucky enough to get copyright permission to convert the book, there are serious cost implications.

Section27 researcher Julia Chaskalson says the court also ordered that a special provision be added immediately to the Copyright Act, to allow visually impaired people to convert books into formats they can read.

 

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