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Copyright law includes the right to copy, use, sell or distribute as well as preventing others from copying or using your work.
When a creative signs an agreement that grants all or a combination of these rights to a person or company, it s an assignment of copyright.
In what is considered a bold move, the South African government has proposed the inclusion of termination rights as a standard feature of all copyright assignments of literary and musical work.
On 24 November 2020, American comedian Dave Chapelle released a video on his social media of a short stand-up routine titled Unforgiven . Controversially, in the widely circulated comedy routine, Chapelle encouraged his audience and fans NOT to watch the