Insider Views: World IP Day Festival
“The world isn’t our stage” was a title used for an article by Prof Owen Dean about infringement of Copyright. Friday 26 April was World IP Day and the world was our stage. The Chair of IP Law and the Faculty of Law along with the South African Federation Against Copyright Theft (SAFACT), Microsoft SA, Proudly South African, the South African Police Service and several other IP organisations teamed up to host the first annual IP festival on campus. The World IP Day festival also served as the launch of the Be Your Own, Buy Your Own campaign. This initiative aims to counteract the wave...
Read MoreProf Dean on Radio France International
Following Prof Dean’s address to the Cape Town Press Club last week, several reports appeared in the media referring to the very real problem of internet-driven copyright infringement in South Africa and the lack of legislative measures (or even attempts by Government) to address this problem. Prof Dean was also interviewed by Radio France International on these topics. You can listen to the interview below. Listen here To read the full media reports select the relevant publication below: Full text report Full text...
Read MoreRadio Interviews with Prof Dean on “Awakening The Lion” – Listen Here
Following the publication of Prof Owen Dean’s latest book, “Awakening The Lion – The Case Of The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by Tafelberg, and the University’s subsequent press release (available here), our incumbent chair of IP has been inundated with requests for an interview with him from various members of the media. It is not surprising that this unique book, and the internationally headlining story it recounts, would attract widespread interest – least of all from South African radio. It is, after all, a proudly South African story about the worldwide...
Read More“Awakening The Lion” – Portraying The Tip Of The Iceberg
Professor Owen Dean’s much anticipated book, “Awaking the Lion – The case of The Lion Sleeps Tonight” has been published by Tafelberg Publishers. It takes the form of a so-called “short” book and is only available electronically as an e-book from Amazon, Kobo, Kalahari and Leisure Books. The book tells the story behind the story of a copyright saga that made international headlines, and gives Prof Dean’s first-person account of the pioneering and proudly South African case that made legal history. It deals with the saga of the song, Mbube, which later became the...
Read MoreNEW eBOOK: “Awakening The Lion” by Owen Dean
The CIP is proud to announce the publication of Prof Dean’s latest book, “Awakening The Lion – The Case of The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by Tafelberg Publishers. This book tells the story behind the story of a copyright saga that made international headlines and features Prof Dean’s first-person account of the pioneering and proudly South African case that made legal history. Background: After Solomon Linda, a struggling South African musician, composed what became the world-renowned song The Lion Sleeps Tonight (originally called Mbube), Linda signed away his...
Read More