Text of letter from SAPA editor Mark van der Velden to all South African Press Association subscribers, March 12 2015

SAPA

To: All subscribers

March 12, 2015

Dear Subscribers,

Closure of Sapa on 31st March 2015 and deletion of all Sapa content

Our letters to all subscribers of 5th February 2015 advising of the closure of Sapa, and of the 26th February 2015 confirming the cancellation of all subscription agreements at midnight on 31st March 2015, refer.

We would like to remind all our subscribers that all Sapa copyrighted content, including copyrighted AP, AFP and dpa content supplied through Sapa's news subscription service, must be deleted from all subscriber media platforms, as well as archives, and storage facilities by midnight on the 7th April 2015, excepting for TV and radio broadcasters who are required by ICASA to keep content for one month after broadcast. In these cases, content may be stored for record keeping purposes only but must be deleted by midnight on 30th April 2015.

This requirement is as a result of Sapa subscription agreements specifically excluding usage rights after the end of the agreements, usage rights in perpetuity and outright purchasing of copyrighted Sapa, AP, AFP and dpa content.

Sapa's content archives form part of the company's asset register and as such are to be sold as part of the winding up of the company. Information on the sale of the content archives will be made available in due course.

Yours sincerely

Mark van der Velden Editor

Source: www.memeburn.com (see article here)

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