Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 September 2010

1 September 2010 · Denise Nicholson

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:55:44 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 September 2010
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FYI,

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Protection of Information Bill (South Africa):

Protection of Information Bill (South Africa)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9DDdP-UvQ (video)

Andre Brink denounces new Info Bill

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=430165

The Introduction of the Protection of Information Bill

http://www.moneyweb.co.uk/mw/view/mw/en/page292681?oid=499039&sn=2009+De
tail&pid=292679

Information bill unconstitutional: GCB

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article614077.ece/Information-bill-unco
nstitutional--GCB

Contralesa supports new Bills

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=430132

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO Director General Welcomes Moves to Enhance Protection of
Traditional Knowledge & Folklore in Africa

http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2010/article_0028.html

ARIPO Draft TK Protocol

http://www.aripo.org/images/TK_Draft_Protocol.PDF

ARIPO TK Draft Implementing Regulations

http://www.aripo.org/images/TK_Draft_Implementing_Regulations.PDF

What is Traditional Knowledge?

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/copyrightforlibrarians/Module_8:_Traditiona
l_Knowledge

Intellectual Property:

Looming copyright crackdown could stifle Internet users, researchers,
academics say

http://www.canada.com/technology/Looming+copyright+crackdown+could+stifl
e+Internet+users+researchers+academics/3427770/story.html

Commercialization of IP In Canadian Universities: Barely Better Than
Break Even

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5284/125/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Opening the Door: How Faculty Authors can Implement an Open Access
Policy at their Institutions

http://sciencecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/Opening-the-Door.pdf

Strategies for promoting Open Access publishing

http://bigthink.com/ideas/23096

If the Cost of Publishing a Scientific Journal Article is $10,000, Who
Pays for Open-Access?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/23100

Persons with Sensory-Disabilities:

Excellent Resource for Assistive Technology - TECHMATRIX

http://www.techmatrix.org/

Knowing State of the Art Assistive Technology when you see it (video)

http://www.slideshare.net/NCTI/knowing-stateoftheart-assistive-technolog
y-when-you-see-it

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
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Email Fax: 0865533134
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http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
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Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 September 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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International Literacy Day - 8 September:

UNESCO launches new Knowledge and Innovations Network for Literacy (KINL)

http://www.globalgiants.com/archives/2010/09/unesco_launchin.html

International Literacy Day

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/literacy/

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/275989/international-literacy-day

Media Tribunal (South Africa):

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-07-29-four-lessons-on-the-media-tribunal

Intellectual Property:

ACTA Text Leaks: U.S. Concedes on Secondary Liability, Wants To Go Beyond DMCA on Digital Locks

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5285/125/

What is an author to do?

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/09/07/what-is-an-author-to-do/

http://societyofindexers.org/files/leaflet4.pdf

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

A2K for Consumers: Reports of Campaigns and Reports 2008-2010

http://www.consumersinternational.org/media/453199/a2k-reports2010.pdf

Scholars Test Web Alternative to Peer Review

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/arts/24peer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Rethinking Peer Review As The World Peer Reviews Claimed Proof That P?$B!b?(JNP

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100812/03472410604.shtml

The Internet will set you free

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Internet-Will-Set-You-Free/124126/

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 Thu Sep 9 12:58:54 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:58:54 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 9 September 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

UCT IP Law & Policy Research Unit <http://uctipunit.wordpress.com/> -
various IP articles and events

http://uctipunit.wordpress.com/

Treaty Negotiators Turn To "ACTA Lite" In Hopes Of Closure

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/08/treaty-negotiators-turn-to-%E2
%80%9Cacta-lite%E2%80%9D-in-hopes-of-closure/

Traditional Knowledge:

Ghana to prosecute illicit uses of folklore

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/ghana-to-prosecute-illicit-uses-of.h
tml

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Folklore, Open Access, and the Future of Scholarly Publishing

http://creightonbarrett.com/archivology/2010/09/open-folklore-open-acces
s-and-the-future-of-scholarly-publishing/

OpenLibrary

http://openlibrary.org/

Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)

http://www.oapen.org/

Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2009

http://www.tralac.org/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=
1694&news_id=91419&cat_id=1033

Conference alert:

6th International Digital Curation Conference

6-8 December, 2010 - Chicago, USA.

http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2010/09/registration-open-6th-inter
national-digital-curation-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 Tue Sep 14 14:11:08 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:11:08 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] FW: Copyright & A2K Issues - 14 September 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

WIPO Assemblies- September 2010

http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/assemblies/

http://www.p2pu.org/general/copyright-4-educators-za

Is this Book still under Copyright (US)? - Researching the Copyright
Status of Books

http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/files/2010/08/researching-the-co
pyright-status-of-books.pdf

eIFL-IP Draft Law on Copyright Including Model Exceptions and
Limitations for Libraries and Consumers

http://plip.eifl.net/docs/ip_docs/draft-law

Traditional Knowledge:

African Traditional Knowledge And Folklore Given IP Protection Despite
Warning Of TK Commodification

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/12/african-traditional-knowledge-
and-folklore-given-ip-protection-despite-warning-of-tk-commodification/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography

http://digital-scholarship.org/tsp/transforming.pdf

African Highlights from Access to Knowledge - a Guide for Everyone

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/african-highlights-from-access-to.ht
ml

10 Sources for Free Textbooks Online

http://blog.curriki.org/2010/08/31/10-sources-for-free-textbooks-online/

What is Open Data?

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/09/10/what-is-open-data/

Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for all (download book)

http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/images/2010/book/igf.book.cover.design.pd
f

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Sep 15 11:44:31 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:44:31 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 16 September 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Campaign aims to take back consumer rights over IP protected products

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/14/campaign-aims-to-take-back-con
sumer-rights-over-ip-protected-products-2/

Millions at Stake in Education Battle (Canada)

http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/09/14/CopyrightBattle/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/22/copyright-south-africa-ba
fana-bafana

Traditional Knowledge:

African traditional knowledge, folklore get IP protection
<http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/african-traditional-knowledge-fo
lklore-get-ip-protection/>

http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/african-traditional-knowledge-fol
klore-get-ip-protection/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Share the Date: Making Large-Scale Proteomics Data Widely Available

http://www.bio-itworld.com/2010/08/25/open-proteomics-comment.html

Perii Open Access

http://www.inasp.info/file/98804148d71a72e2c691a2dda813aa45/perii-open-a
ccess.html

Open Science

http://www.openscience.org/blog/

Open Educational Resources:

Teacher Education Series

http://www.oerafrica.org/teachered/TeacherEducationHome/TeacherEducation
Themes/EducationStudies/tabid/988/Default.aspx

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 Fri Sep 17 12:12:03 2010
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Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 17 September 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

The Privatization of Yoga: Will India Succeed in Keeping Yoga in the
Public Domain?

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/548.1?frommailing=1

How IP Enforcement Can Be Used To Suppress Dissent

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5302/125/

Campaign aims to take back consumer rights over IP protected products

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/14/campaign-aims-to-take-back-con
sumer-rights-over-ip-protected-products-2/

Digital Rights Management : Necessary evil or Evil that's not Necessary?
<http://www.techquark.com/2010/09/digital-rights-management-necessary.ht
ml>

http://www.techquark.com/2010/09/digital-rights-management-necessary.htm
l

The negotiating position of South Africa as presented by Xavier Carim
during the Regional Seminar on the EU-SADC EPA (see SA concerns re: IP)

http://www.tralac.org/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=
1694&news_id=92980&cat_id=1027

http://www.givengain.com/cause_data/images/1694/Carim_Tralac-EPA_Update_
20100913.pdf

Traditional Knowledge:

Can we protect 'traditional knowledge'? Should we?

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/09/15/can-we-protect-tradit
ional-knowledge-should-we/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Research Data: Who will share what, with whom, when, and why?

http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1237&context=borgma
n

Share the Date: Making Large-Scale Proteomics Data Widely Available

http://www.bio-itworld.com/2010/08/25/open-proteomics-comment.html

Scientometrics 2.0: Towards new metrics of scholarly impact on the
social Web

http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2874/
2570

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

Warning: Misusing the journal impact fac

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