Hon Deputy Chairperson and members, I note with appreciation that on the programme that is before me, this is referred to as the "PHonourable ograms" Treaty - it is the Phonograms Treaty. The second treaty that I'm presenting is what we call the World
Intellectual Property Organisation, Wipo, Performances and Phonograms Treaty, WPPT, which deals with the rights of performance that singers and musicians and our country has many of them - young ones and bright ones. We also have producers of phonograms, persons or legal entities that take the initiatives and have the responsibility for the fixation of sounds and sounds recordings, specifically within the digital environment.
The Wipo Performances and Phonograms Treaty was adopted in December 1996, and came into force internationally in May 2002. The WPPT grants performance economic rights on their fixed or unfixed. Unfix means things that are alive - that is their performances but it also grants them economic rights with moral rights. Producers of phonograms are also granted the same economic rights in the phonograms. South Africa advocates for the sustainable and continued remuneration of performance given our country's economic context. The WPPT, hon members, is in the best interest of South Africa as it ensures that protection of South African performance and producers of phonograms will keep pace with technological change. That is affording protection and economic benefits in the digital environment. Hon Chair, it is my pleasure on behalf again of all members of the select committee who all welcome this particular treaty to present the treaty to the House for a session. Thank you, Deputy Chair. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.
Thank you very much, hon Makue. Of course, just to put it on record you are correct with that type of error on the Speaker's List, but on the Order Paper it is correct. Then we shall proceed and I'll do that by putting the question. The question is that the Report be agreed to in terms of Rule 71 I've observed that delegations are still present. Therefore we will proceed with the voting.
Question put: That the Report be adopted.
In favour: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Report accordingly adopted in accordance of section 65 of the Constitution.