Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 February 2010

4 February 2010 · Denise Nicholson

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:58:46 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 February 2010
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FYI,

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Intellectual Property:

How science is shackled by intellectual property .

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/26/science-shackles-int
ellectual-property

Can You Fairly Distinguish Commercial vs. Non-Commercial Use In
Copyright?

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100127/0658337941.shtml

Closed-Door Anti-Counterfeiting Talks Continue in Mexico

http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/69708/

ACTA Absurdity Continues, may only get worse

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/02/acta_absurdity_co
ntinues.html

What really happened at the ACTA talks in Mexico?

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4755/125/

Secret deal aims to scuttle internet pirates

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aeecd740-0c55-11df-8b81-00144feabdc0.html?ncli
ck_check=1

The Long and Winding Road to the Google Books Settlement

http://www.jmripl.com/Publications/Vol9/Issue2/Band.pdf

Authors cry foul over Google's 'rights grab'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/01/authors-google-rights-grab-b
ooks

Stanford signs Google Book Settlement, endorses court settlement

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/february1/google-book-agreement-02021
0.html

Should you Self Publish Your Own Books or Not?

http://bookszilla.com/274397-Should-You-Self-Publish-Your-Own-Books-or-N
ot.html

Grandmother Cleared of Piracy Charge, Internet access restored

http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/02/01/grandmother-cleared-piracy-charg
e-internet-access-restored

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers

http://mashable.com/2010/02/03/web-development-resources/

OpenThesis

http://www.openthesis.org/

Open Learning: the Journal of Open and Distance Learning: OER

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g909097565

Directory of Open Access Journals

http://www.doaj.org/

Open Learning Resources -

http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1.html

http://www.intute.ac.uk/

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Feb 16 10:07:37 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:07:37 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 16 February 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Brief of Google Inc. in support of Motion for Final Approval of Amended
Settlement Agreement

http://thepublicindex.org/docs/amended_settlement/google_final_approval_
support.pdf

Knowledge Access Blooms In The Desert: Egypt's Fragile Stake In IP

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/02/11/knowledge-access-blooms-in-the
-desert-egypt%e2%80%99s-fragile-stake-in-ip/

Contextualizing the copyright debate: reward vs. creativity

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/contextualizing-the-copy
right-debate-reward-vs-creativity.ars

700 Publishers Covered by RoMEO -

https://www.lib.uwo.ca/blogs/digitalscholarly/2010/02/700-publishers.htm
l

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Iceland to become a model for freedom of communication

http://www.laquadrature.net/en/iceland-to-become-a-model-for-freedom-of-
communication

Online Guide to Open Access Journals

http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/

Building a Sustainable Framework for Open Access to Research Data
Through Information and Communication Technologies

https://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/123456789/41336/1/129183.pdf

BA A2K Platform Newsletter

http://www.bibalex.org/a2k/attachments/Newsletters/February2010En.pdf

Measuring Citation Advantages of Open Accessibility

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november09/soong/11soong.html

The effect of open access and downloads ("hits") on citation impact: a
bibliography of studies

http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html\
<http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html/>

Global Knowledge Exchange Network (GKEN)

http://www.globalknowledgeexchange.net/about

Free Access, Frick Art Reference Library Launches Two New Online
Databases to Stimulate Research

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/14/frick-art-reference-library-laun
ches-two-new-online-databases-free-to-stimulate-research/

Interview With Stevan Harnad : A Prophet Whose Time Has Come

http://www.infotoday.com/IT/feb10/Poynder.shtml

Get Creative - Creative Commons

http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/

Recognizing opportunities - Conversational openings to promote positive
scholarly communication change

http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/2/83.full

Conference alerts:

Managing Research for Impact: New approaches to Research and Innovation
Management

International Organisation for Research Management Societies (INORMS )
2010

11 to 15 April 2010 - Cape Town International Convention Centre, South
Africa

http://www.technoscene.co.za/inorms2010

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Feb 23 13:04:34 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:04:34 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 23 February 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

IIPA Report Documents Copyright Theft in 39 Countries

http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=8054&lang=en

ACTA Internet Chapter Leaks: Renegotiates WIPO, Sets 3 Strikes as Model
<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MichaelGeistsBlog/~3/3nkKRnuM2xY/?utm_so
urce=feedburner&utm_medium=email>

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4808/125/

ACTA "internet enforcement" chapter leaks

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/21/acta-internet-enforc.html

Leaked ACTA draft reveals plans for internet clampdown

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/leaked-acta-draft-treaty-reveal
s-plans-for-internet-clampdown

Journal authors may not get pdfs of their articles.

http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/2010/02/journal-authors-may-no
t-get-pdfs-of.html

Legal Arguments at Google Book Settlement Fairness Hearing

http://c-registry-copyright-forum.blogspot.com/2010/02/legal-arguments-a
t-google-book.html

Google Staunchly defends pact to digitize

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/11/AR201002
1104869.html

The Big Question: Is Google gaining a monopoly on the world's
information?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/the-big
-question-is-google-gaining-a-monopoly-on-the-worlds-information-1903996
.html

IP Litigation in Africa

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2010/01/article_0006.html

In a digital world, why is our visual history being lost?

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/768885--in-a-digital-world-w
hy-is-our-visual-history-being-lost

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Feb 23 13:05:51 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:05:51 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 23 February 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Open access, public investment can drive broadband development

http://infopolitics.net/2010/02/open-access-public-investment-can-drive-
broadband-development/

Remixable textbooks

http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/

Wikisource (free content)

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page

A Survey of the Scholarly Journals Using Open Journal Systems (2010)
(B.D. Edgar and J. Willinsky)

http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/2773

New Journals, Free Online, Let Scholars Speak Out (2010)

http://chronicle.com/article/Open-Access-Journals-Break-/64143/

OpenNet Initiative

http://opennet.net/about-oni

Open Access Education Journals in the Field of Education

http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/

Open University Research Repository

http://oro.open.ac.uk/

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO Traditional Knowledge update

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=131326

4th International Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Conference

6-9 June 2010, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand

www.traditionalknowledge2010.ac.nz

Contact: enquiries at traditionalknowledge2010.ac.nz

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Feb 24 12:26:34 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:26:34 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 24 February 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Balancing privacy, piracy

http://www.dailyemerald.com/opinion/balancing-privacy-piracy-1.1169831

Section 92A Bill introduced to New Zealand Parliament

http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/section+92a+bill+introduced+parliamen
t+today

Leaked ACTA Draft Doesn't Call for Three-Strike Penalties
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3icac65f467d72b
d943a5c1a083faecfd7

SA Media Ponders Paid-for-Content

http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3063
4:sa-media-ponders-paidfor-content&catid=69:business&Itemid=58

Technologies Of Dissent: A Primer From Yale A2K4 Conference

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/02/22/technologies-of-dissent-a-prim
er-from-yale-a2k4-conference/

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Feb 24 12:30:18 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:30:18 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 24 February 2010
(part 1)
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access Evangelism Blog - http://openaccess.eprints.org/

OA Journal on academic freedom -
http://www.academicfreedomjournal.org/index.html

Open Medicine Blog - http://blog.openmedicine.ca/

Some Open Access Journals (Health Sciences):

* The Open Dentistry Journal -
http://www.bentham.org/open/todentj/

* International Journal of Dentistry -
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijd/

* PLoS Medicine - www.plosmedicine.org
<http://www.plosmedicine.org>

* BioMed OA Medical Journals -
http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/

* BioLine Interneational OA Journals -
http://www.bioline.org.br/journals

* Open Access Medical Journals - http://www.la-press.com/

* Open Access Emergency Medicine Journal -
http://www.dovepress.com/open-access-emergency-medicine-journal

* South African Family Practice -
http://www.safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj

* African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine -
http://www.phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/about

Scientific Research Network - https://www.researchgate.net/

Open access to Research is Inevitable, Libraries are Told

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Open-Access-to-Research-Is/8475/?sid=wc&ut
m_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Institutional Repositories: The Libraries New Role

http://emerald2010.cjb.net/Insight/ViewContentServlet;jsessionid=21F0353
1A1B9644CD5C365F7D0E41A73?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/Emerald
FullTextArticle/Articles/1640190301.html

The Panton Principles: Finding agreement on the public domain for
published scientific data

http://cameronneylon.net/blog/the-panton-principles-finding-agreement-on
-the-public-domain-for-published-scientific-data/

Digital Books and your Rights

https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-books-and-your-rights

Why Funders Need to Mandate Institutional Deposit, Not
Institution-External

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