Maryna holds the BA, LLB, LLM degrees and is an Executive Consultant at the Cape Town branch of STBB. She is an admitted Attorney, Notary Public, Conveyancer and Insolvency Practitioner with many years of experience in the fields of property law, conveyancing and the laws relating to corporate compliance (especially in respect of the FICA and POPIA laws). Up until 2018 she was also head of the firm’s national marketing portfolio. She is a seasoned public speaker and presenter, both in person and online. She prepares text for the majority of STBB’s internal and external publications and is editor and co-writer for two pivotal publications in the South African real estate industry – the ABC of Conveyancing (JUTA) and Delport’s South African Property Law and Practice (JUTA).

Newsflash | Whatsapp groups’ sharing frenzies curbed

Media24 is pleased that a precedent-setting Western Cape High Court judgment, handed down this week, found in its favour. The order comes after Media24 asked two ladies, who had paid subscriptions, to desist from sharing pdf copies of its journalists’ material with their 900-member whatsapp groups. The women were also ordered to hand over their cell phones to Media24 for investigations and in order to calculate the quantum of royalties payable to Media24.

This judgment is a loud and clear warning to respect copyrighted material – in this instance, the product of quality journalism which is very expensive to create and crucial for an informed society.

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