Petrus Potgieter
Biographic Data
| ID | 4639512 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Petrus Potgieter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Petrus |
| FAMILY NAME | Potgieter |
| SIGNATURE | POTGIETER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1785-761X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The exhaustion principle in copyright and modern digital markets
The exhaustion principle, or first-sale doctrine, limits rightsholders’ control after the authorised sale of a tangible copy, enabling resale, lending, and preservation. In digital markets, however, this principle has largely become irrelevant, as distribution models now use licensing and technologies that prevent secondary use. This paper examines how the disappearance of copyright exhaustion affects key markets for intellectual property – with …
Using spectrum set-asides to address distributional objectives
This paper critically examines the effectiveness of spectrum set-asides as a policy tool to address distributional objectives in telecommunications across four diverse national contexts: Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. Spectrum allocation is a crucial factor for the provision of telecommunications services and by extension, for citizens’ participation in the digital economy. While economic theory supports auction-based a…
Perspectives on political influences on changes in telecommunications and internet economy markets
For the past thirty years, international consensus has supported telecommunications policies favoring the pursuit of economic efficiency and the distancing of governments from ownership and day-to-day industry governance. These principles serve to minimize the potential for conflicts of interest and corruption to influence industry outcomes. However, recently, a trend has emerged for governments to expand their sector influence more directly, via…
What do telecommunications policy academics have to fear from GPT-3
Effective competition and ineffective mobile industry regulation in South Africa
Covid-19 contact-tracing smartphone application usage—The New Zealand Covid Tracer experience
Harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to increase wellbeing for all
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is experiencing a period of intense progress due to the consolidation of several key technological enablers. AI is already deployed widely and has a high impact on work and daily life activities. The continuation of this process will likely contribute to deep economic and social changes. To realise the tremendous benefits of AI while mitigating undesirable effects will require enlightened responses by man…
Politics, policy and fixed-line telecommunications provision
Language Choices and Identity in Higher Education
Worldwide globalisation has led to the anglicisation of higher education. This is also the case in South Africa since the advent of a new dispensation. Whereas theorising and research on language issues in higher education focuses predominantly on instrumental functions of language, this study investigates the symbolic functions of language as an identity marker. A survey was conducted among 2794 Afrikaans-speaking students at the University of S…
The economic specification of media ownership in South Africa
The concentration of ownership in the media industry has been extensively researched in South Africa. It has been considered, for example, in relation to marketing (Hunter 2006); the flow of information (Band 1992); democracy (Botma 2011; Tomaselli 2003); the demographics of media employment, management and ownership (Leshin 2010); government relations and control (Wasserman 2005) as well as freedom of expression (Bussiek 2006). The economic spec…
Perspectives on political influences on changes in telecommunications and internet economy markets
For the past thirty years, international consensus has supported telecommunications policies favoring the pursuit of economic efficiency and the distancing of governments from ownership and day-to-day industry governance. These principles serve to minimize the potential for conflicts of interest and corruption to influence industry outcomes. However, recently, a trend has emerged for governments to expand their sector influence more directly, via…
The economic specification of media ownership in South Africa
The concentration of ownership in the media industry has been extensively researched in South Africa. It has been considered, for example, in relation to marketing (Hunter 2006); the flow of information (Band 1992); democracy (Botma 2011; Tomaselli 2003); the demographics of media employment, management and ownership (Leshin 2010); government relations and control (Wasserman 2005) as well as freedom of expression (Bussiek 2006). The economic spec…
Language Choices and Identity in Higher Education
Worldwide globalisation has led to the anglicisation of higher education. This is also the case in South Africa since the advent of a new dispensation. Whereas theorising and research on language issues in higher education focuses predominantly on instrumental functions of language, this study investigates the symbolic functions of language as an identity marker. A survey was conducted among 2794 Afrikaans-speaking students at the University of S…
Harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to increase wellbeing for all
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is experiencing a period of intense progress due to the consolidation of several key technological enablers. AI is already deployed widely and has a high impact on work and daily life activities. The continuation of this process will likely contribute to deep economic and social changes. To realise the tremendous benefits of AI while mitigating undesirable effects will require enlightened responses by man…
Politics, policy and fixed-line telecommunications provision
Effective competition and ineffective mobile industry regulation in South Africa
Covid-19 contact-tracing smartphone application usage—The New Zealand Covid Tracer experience
What do telecommunications policy academics have to fear from GPT-3
Using spectrum set-asides to address distributional objectives
This paper critically examines the effectiveness of spectrum set-asides as a policy tool to address distributional objectives in telecommunications across four diverse national contexts: Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. Spectrum allocation is a crucial factor for the provision of telecommunications services and by extension, for citizens’ participation in the digital economy. While economic theory supports auction-based a…
Perspectives on political influences on changes in telecommunications and internet economy markets
For the past thirty years, international consensus has supported telecommunications policies favoring the pursuit of economic efficiency and the distancing of governments from ownership and day-to-day industry governance. These principles serve to minimize the potential for conflicts of interest and corruption to influence industry outcomes. However, recently, a trend has emerged for governments to expand their sector influence more directly, via…
The exhaustion principle in copyright and modern digital markets
The exhaustion principle, or first-sale doctrine, limits rightsholders’ control after the authorised sale of a tangible copy, enabling resale, lending, and preservation. In digital markets, however, this principle has largely become irrelevant, as distribution models now use licensing and technologies that prevent secondary use. This paper examines how the disappearance of copyright exhaustion affects key markets for intellectual property – with …
Political science (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Telecommunications (4 works) · Digital Platforms and Economics (2 works) · Finance, Markets, and Regulation (2 works) · Geography (2 works)