Copyright & A2K Issues - 26 April 2013

26 April 2013 · Denise Nicholson

Freedom of Expression:

Controversial secrecy bill passed (South Africa)

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Parliament-passes-controversial-secrecy-bill-20130425

Intellectual Property:

Bureau Of Economic Analysis Shows Why Copyright Terms Should Be Greatly Diminished

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130423/15252322813/bureau-economic-analysis-shows-why-copyright-terms-should-be-greatly-diminished.shtml

The Copyright Lobotomy: How Intellectual Property Makes Us Pretend To Be Stupid

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130410/12051322665/copyright-lobotomy-how-intellectual-property-makes-us-pretend-to-be-stupid.shtml

Universities Face Copyright Action (New Zealand)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10870331

EU Parliament Opens The Door to Copyright Repression in TAFTA

https://www.laquadrature.net/en/eu-parliament-opens-the-door-to-copyright-repression-in-tafta

International coalition of Internet freedom organizations urges W3C to reject Encrypted Media Extensions, a proposal to build Digital Restrictions Management into the Web

http://www.fsf.org/news/coalition-against-drm-in-html

Archives and Copyright: Risk and Reform

http://www.create.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CREATe-Working-Paper-No-3-v1.0.pdf

Supreme court rules web browsing does not infringe newspapers' copyright (Meltwater and NLA)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/17/web-browsing-copyright-supreme-court-meltwater

New Book On The History Of Music, Copyright And Piracy Shows How Copyright Tends To Hold Back Music

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130410/07134322658/new-book-history-music-copyright-piracy-shows-how-copyright-tends-to-hold-back-music.shtml

EIFL Resources on Reprographic Rights Organizations (RROs)

http://www.eifl.net/rros

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge - Will Wilmot’s Bill Make Law?

http://www.spoor.com/home/index.php?ipkMenuID=&ipkArticleID=450

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism Education Week

http://turnitin.com/en_us/resources/plagiarism-education-week

Plagiarism, Citation and Referencing Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing

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