Copyright & A2K Issues - 29 March 2018

30 March 2018 · Denise Nicholson

This is a free online international Information Service covering various topics, including copyright, plagiarism and other IP matters, Open Access, open publishing, open learning resources, institutional repositories, scholarly communication, digitization and library matters, mobile technologies, issues affecting access to knowledge (A2K), particularly in developing countries; WTO and WIPO treaties and matters; Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS Plus; useful websites, conference alerts, etc. If you would like to subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, this newsletter, please email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za

Intellectual Property:

Facebook privacy settings revamped after scandal

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43557803

The Facebook Saga (Radio interview in South Africa)

https://omny.fm/shows/the-koketso-sachane-show/the-facebook-information-saga

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Canada on IPRs

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/cabinet-approves-mou-between-india-and-canada-on-iprs-118032900171_1.html

Oracle’s $9bn copyright case against Google resurrected

https://www.intellectualpropertymagazine.com/copyright/oracles-9bn-copyright-case-against-google-resurrected-129239.htm

Assessing Regional Integration in Africa VII

https://www.uneca.org/publications/assessing-regional-integration-africa-vii

The European Parliament must improve the Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception to benefit European research and innovation

http://eare.eu/assets/uploads/2018/03/OpenLetter-to-JURI-Committee-on-TDM_26March2018.pdf

Federal Court of Appeal Rejects Access Copyright Bid to Overturn Board Ruling on Insubstantial Copying, Fair Dealing

https://bit.ly/2J1Auq3

Limits of Licensing – Executive Summary

https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/statements/limits_of_licensing_executive_summary.pdf

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Evidence of Open Access of scientific publications in Google Scholar: a large - scale analysis

https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/k54uv/

Focusing on Value — 102 Things Journal Publishers Do (2018 Update)

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/02/06/focusing-value-102-things-journal-publishers-2018-update/?informz=1

Open Access Ethics Resources for Researchers

https://www.methodspace.com/open-access-ethics-resources-researchers/

ICT Infrastructure in Support of Data Sharing

https://www.slideshare.net/AfricanOpenSciencePlatform/ict-infrastructure-in-support-of-data-sharing

NEF Partners With Elsevier To Provide Editorial Expertise, Infrastructure And A Capacity Building Engine For The Next Generation Of African Researchers

https://www.modernghana.com/news/843996/nef-partners-with-elsevier-to-provide-editorial-expertise-i.html

Marrakesh Treaty – Access for Blind and Visually Impaired Users

Blind Users Celebrate as Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Bill Drops

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/blind-users-celebrate-marrakesh-treaty-implementation-bill-drops

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