Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 April 2012

2 April 2012 · Denise Nicholson

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From: denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:10:08 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] 2 April 2012
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======== COPYRIGHT & A2K ISSUES - 2 APRIL 2012 ===============================

*Protection of State Information Bill (South Africa)*

Varsities ?no? to Info Bill

http://bit.ly/HetTUK http://bit.ly/HetTUK

*Intellectual Property*

UK Publishers Association Outraged It Wasn't Consulted Ahead Of The Public
Over Open Access To Publicly-Funded Research

http://bit.ly/Hz313Y http://bit.ly/Hz313Y

EU Extension of Copyright Protection for Sound Recordings: a Blessing or
Blunder?

http://bit.ly/HAeDCC http://bit.ly/HAeDCC

Urgent: Defend a Balanced UK Approach to Copyright

http://bit.ly/Ha1Ofi http://bit.ly/Ha1Ofi

Harry Potter Breaks e-Book Lockdown

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/03/27/harry_potter_break...
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/03/27/harry_potter_break...

?Articles opposing?ACTA:

James Love (USA) ? http://keionline.org/node/1369
http://keionline.org/node/1369

Peter Yu (USA) ? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1624813
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1624813

Andrew Rens (South Africa) ? http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.7.pdf
http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.7.pdf

Matthew Rimmer (Australia) ? http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/109/
http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/109/

EFF (USA) ?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/we-have-every-right-be-furious-abo...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/we-have-every-right-be-furious-abo...
https://www.eff.org/issues/acta https://www.eff.org/issues/acta

Michael Geist (Canada) ? http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6356/125/
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6356/125/and
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6396/125
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6396/125

Michael Lee (Australai) ?
http://www.zdnet.com.au/australia-doesnt-need-acta-academics-339334442.htm
http://www.zdnet.com.au/australia-doesnt-need-acta-academics-339334442.htm

Sean Flynn (USA) ?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1982091
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1982091

Various Articles on ACTA ?
http://www.auilr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132&It...
http://www.auilr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132&It...

Olivia Solon (UK) ?
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/24/acta-101?page=all
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/24/acta-101?page=all

David Levine ? (USA) - http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.8.pdf
http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.8.pdf

IFLA Position Paper ?
http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-position-on-the-anti-counterfeitin...
http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-position-on-the-anti-counterfeitin...

Commissioner Karel De Gucht (EU Commission) ?
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=778
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=778

*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:*

Wellcome Trust suggests institutional responsibility for open access
compliance

http://bit.ly/H6t4P7 http://bit.ly/H6t4P7

Why Google Scholar has Trouble Indexing Institutional Repositories

http://bit.ly/HBP7b7 http://bit.ly/HBP7b7

As Google acts, the question is: have we lost our privacy to the internet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/03/internet-privacy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/03/internet-privacy

World Bank Gets Open ? Google Not So Much

http://www.owen.org/blog/5064 http://www.owen.org/blog/5064

Peter Suber?s ?Promoting Open Access in the Humanities? ? Eight Years
Later

http://bit.ly/H9laFr http://bit.ly/H9laFr

*Conference alerts:*

4th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP 2012)

19-21 September 2012, Budapest Hungary

http://oaspa.org/coasp/index.php http://oaspa.org/coasp/index.php

Regards
Denise
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Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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From denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Apr 12 14:17:39 2012
From: denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:17:39 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] 11 April 2012
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Hi All,

======== COPYRIGHT & A2K ISSUES - 11 APRIL 2012 ==============================

*Intellectual Property*

Publishers Sue as Boundless Nabs $8M For An Open Alternative To Textbooks

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/publishers-sue-as-boundless-nabs-8m/
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/publishers-sue-as-boundless-nabs-8m/

http://bit.ly/Hzk9qZ???
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/3-major-publishers-sue-open-educa...

Pinterest Copyright Issues Could Spur Changes To Terms Of Use And ?Pin
Etiquette?

http://tcrn.ch/IqR5gg???

*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:*

Funding Giant Toughens Support for Open Publishing

http://bit.ly/HKheoF???

Open Access to Scientific Information Policy Guidelines Released by UNESCO

http://bit.ly/HKhgx1???

http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu/2012/04/unesco-open-access-policy-guidelines.html
http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu/2012/04/unesco-open-access-policy-guidelines.html

Government backs calls for research data to be made freely available (UK)

http://bit.ly/HAQKsC???

World Bank Announces Open Access Policy, Will Require Research to Be
Published Under Creative Commons Licenses

http://infojustice.org/archives/9463 http://infojustice.org/archives/9463

*Traditional Knowledge*

Traditional Knowledge Bulletin

http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2012/04/
http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2012/04/

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