Thank you, Mr Chairman. Just imagine if I were the President! [Laughter.]
This Bill started as a terrible Bill and it became a good Bill with a couple of terrible things that we must now take out. The major concern about this Bill is the extent to which it poses obligations on members of the public beyond the government. There has been a great deal of discussion about the public domain defence, and I thank the hon Minister for classifying it as an Ambrosini defence. It is not an Ambrosini defence; it is a common sense defence. It is a defence which is present in all civilised countries; it is present in the United States, it is present in Canada, and you, Minister, want to deny that to the South African people.
Why? Because you say there is a Constitutional Court judgment. I gave your people - as I gave to the DA - three legal opinions from senior counsel saying you misread the Constitution, because that Constitutional Court judgment was rendered by the Constitutional Court interpreting the law, not the Constitution! So, we changed the law. There is a different law, and that reflects the way it is in America, in Canada and in other countries ... [Interjections.] ... and, ladies and gentlemen, it affects all of you and all of us. [Interjections.] The issue is very simple.