Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 March 2010

1 March 2010 · Denise Nicholson

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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:28:50 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 March 2010
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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Legislative Review: Review of IPR Act and Regulations: Intellectual
Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act,

Act No. 51 of 2008, Republic of South Africa - -
http://link.wits.ac.za/journal/AJIC10-Chetty.pdf

Europe 'will not accept' three strikes in Acta treaty

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40057434,00.htm

DEB copyright provisions do not excuse open WiFi
<http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21881.cfm>

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21881.cfm

The Global Intellectual Property System is Privatising Humanity's Common
Cultural Heritage

http://www.vickywebworld.org/the-global-intellectual-property-system-is-
privatising-humanity%E2%80%99s-common-cultural-heritage/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Scholarly Communication and Opening Access to Knowledge:

http://link.wits.ac.za/journal/journal.html

Sociological implications of scientific publishing: Open access,
science, society, democracy, and the digital divide
<http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArtic
le/2599/2404>
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticl
e/2599/2404

500,000 journal articles listed on RePEc
<http://blog.repec.org/2010/02/25/500000-journal-articles-listed-on-repe
c/>

http://blog.repec.org/

Digital afterlife for UK websites

http://www.bl.uk/news/2010/pressrelease20100225.html

Online Newspapers

http://www.letempsarchives.ch/

JISC report puts forth cost computation models for universities adopting
OA

http://www.knowledgespeak.com/newsArchieveviewdtl.asp?pickUpBatch=1379

The World Digital Library

http://www.wdl.org/en/

Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A
Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies

http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalrepo
rt.pdf

Why Online Education will Surpass Traditional Face to Face Education in
the next 5-10 years

http://e-discoveryteam.com/2010/02/07/why-online-education-will-surpass-
traditional-face-to-face-education-in-the-next-5-10-years/

Online Guide to Open Access Journals

http://scholcommbc.blogspot.com/2010/02/online-guide-to-open-access-jour
nals.html

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

Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An
Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in Seven Disciplines

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/AssessingtheFutureLandscapeofS/197522

What's a Plurk?

http://blog.4teachers.org/?p=394

Open Educational Resources - why they matter

http://www.slideshare.net/ukcleslidespace/open-educational-resources-oer
-why-they-matter

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
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyrigh
t+and+Related+Issues.htm>

Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kim.wits.ac.z
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Mar 2 09:47:54 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:47:54 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 March 2010 (part 1)
Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE8170733B7DB@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

National Accessibility Portal for the Disabled

http://www.napsa.org.za/portal/public/content/view/viewServicesHome.jsf;
jsessionid=1A988DBF4EECA0EB18F9C374EDF9190B

e-Medical Education (Open Access)

http://www.e-meducation.org/

Access to Knowledge (Medical)

http://www.accesstoknowledge.org/atk/welcome.html

Free Documentaries

http://freedocumentaries.org/

Scholarpedia

http://www.scholarpedia.org/

Open Source movies

http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies

E-Books - Tipping or Vanishing Point?

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/tonkin/

Web2Rights diagnostic tool (JISC)

http://www.web2rights.org.uk/diagnostic.html

The Future of Digital Textbooks (PPT)

http://www.toccon.com/toc2010/public/schedule/detail/10958

British Library's 65,000 free books for Kindle: Update3
<http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/2010/02/british-librarys-65000-free-boo
ks-for.html>

http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/2010/02/british-librarys-65000-free-book
s-for.html

Open Doors: Open Minds

http://sciencecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/opendoors_v1.pdf

50 best blogs for education leaders

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/02/50-best-blogs-for-educati
on-leaders/

Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International
Context

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/bl-subject-repos-rpt/

How to Produce Video Interviews for your Blog using Skype

http://socialmouths.com/blog/2009/12/21/how-to-produce-video-interviews-
for-your-blog-using-skype/

Accountability and Open Access

http://acrlog.org/2010/03/01/accountability-and-open-access/

Harvard Business School approves open -access policy

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2010/02/28/harvard-business-school
-approves-open-access-policy/

Sociological implications of scientific publishing: Open access,
science, society, democracy and the digital divide
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2599/
2404

National Science Library: Early Adopter of Open Access In Chinia

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/01/national-science-library-early-a
dopter-of-open-access-in-china/

Online archive of UK science launches

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8533640.stm

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 Mar 2 09:52:50 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:52:50 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 March 2010
(part 2)
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Traditional Knowledge:

SA Intellectual Property Amendment Bill (Traditional Knowledge) - Going
ahead regardless?

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&view=idoblog&Itemid=73
&lang=en

State of the World's Indigenous People

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/sowip.html

Biopiracy - the next battlefront between rich v. poor nations?

http://www.poornima.info/?p=51

4th International Indigenous Conference

6-9 June 2010 - Auckland, New Zealand

http://www.traditionalknowledge2010.ac.nz/

Intellectual Property:

Copyrights and Copyduties - Importance of the public domain for
developing countries

http://copysouth.org/portal/sites/default/files/copyrights-and-copydutie
s.pdf

IP Litigation in Africa

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

The Google Books Case: A Bridge too Far?

http://www.americanaexchange.com/NewAE/aemonthly/article.asp?f=1&page=1&
id=915

Software industry lobbyists claim open source promotes piracy

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21838.cfm

Should Open Source Be An Enemy Of The State?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58042

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 Mar 2 09:55:23 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:55:23 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 March 2010
(part 2)
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Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE8170733B7FE@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Traditional Knowledge:

SA Intellectual Property Amendment Bill (Traditional Knowledge) - Going
ahead regardless?

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&view=idoblog&Itemid=73
&lang=en

State of the World's Indigenous People

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/sowip.html

Biopiracy - the next battlefront between rich v. poor nations?

http://www.poornima.info/?p=51

4th International Indigenous Conference

6-9 June 2010 - Auckland, New Zealand

http://www.traditionalknowledge2010.ac.nz/

Intellectual Property:

Copyrights and Copyduties - Importance of the public domain for
developing countries

http://copysouth.org/portal/sites/default/files/copyrights-and-copydutie
s.pdf

IP Litigation in Africa

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

The Google Books Case: A Bridge too Far?

http://www.americanaexchange.com/NewAE/aemonthly/article.asp?f=1&page=1&
id=915

Software industry lobbyists claim open source promotes piracy

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21838.cfm

Should Open Source Be An Enemy Of The State?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58042

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 Mon Mar 8 13:27:34 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:27:34 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 March 2010 (pt. 2)
Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE817073A8112@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Social Media can be a powerful tool

http://www.polity.org.za/article/social-media-can-be-a-powerful-tool-in-
promoting-intellectual-property-2009-10-02

US War on Open Source

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideBusop.htm?f=2010/march/2/chinwo
ng.isx&d=2010/march/2

Access to Knowledge in Egypt

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27903378/Access-to-Knowledge-in-Egypt

Human Rights and Access to Knowledge Issues: Should IP Laws be more
lenient for vulnerable groups?

http://www.innovationlawblog.org/2010/03/human-rights-and-access-to-know
ledge-issues-should-ip-laws-be-more-lenient-for-vulnerable-groups/

World Legal Information Institute

http://www.worldlii.org/

Global Legal Information network

http://www.glin.gov/search.action

Southern African Legal Information Network

http://www.saflii.org/

Global Courts - Supreme court decisions from around the world

http://globalcourts.com/

Campus-based Open-access Publishing Funds: A Practical Guide to Design
and Implementation

http://www.arl.org/sparc/openaccess/funds/guide.shtml

Best Educational Wiki

http://edublogawards.com/2009/best-educational-wiki-2009/

Hewlett Foundation Open Educational Resources

http://www.hewlett.org/oer

Curation Reference Manual

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-reference-manual

Conference alerts:

Open Repositories 2010 -- "The Grand Integration Challenge"

6-9 July 2010 - Madrid, Spain

http://or2010.fecyt.es/publico/Home/index.aspx

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 Mon Mar 8 13:27:43 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:27:43 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 March 2010 (pt. 1)
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Intellectual Property in the Twenty-First Century; Will the Developing
countries lead or follow?

http://www.houstonlawreview.org/archive/downloads/46-4_pdf/4_Reichman.pd
f

Canada pledges to tighten copyright laws

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/03/canada-government-pledges-
to-tighten.php

Innovation Law Blog

http://www.innovationlawblog.org/about/

Submissions To US Unilateral IP Enforcement Process Highlight Piracy,
Health, and ACTA

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/03/05/9736/

US offers answers to some thorny questions on ACTA

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/03/03/ustr-offers-answers-to-some-th
orny-questions-on-acta/

Major ACTA Leak: Internet and Civil Enforcement Chapters With Country
Positions

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4829/125/

TRIPS and its discontents

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=578577

German Court says Data Retention is "Invalid&quo

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