House Chair, greetings to the House. Our commitment as the ANC of building a better Africa and a better world enjoys the nation's advanced rule-based international system.
As the ANC we therefore support the request for Parliament to accede to the WPPT and the WIPO Copyright Treaty. These treaties, if acceded to, will have a positive impact on our Performers' Protection Bill and the Copyright Bill. These are Bills that are intended to protect the rights of performers, actors and other role- players in the creative industry.
The WPPT is administered by WIPO and it deals with the rights of two kinds of beneficiaries, particularly in the digital environment - performers, actors, singers, musicians and producers.
The treaty provides actors, singers, musicians with economic rights, equitable remuneration, protection against the circumvention of security measures, the right