Copyright & A2K Issues - 29 May 2018

29 May 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 with "Subscribe, or Unsubscribe, to Copyright & A2K Issues" in the subject field.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

South Africa Approves New IP Policy, With Guidance From UN Agencies

http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/05/27/south-africa-approves-new-ip-policy-guidance-un-agencies/

South African Creators Form Re-Create ZA to Advocate for Balanced Copyright Reform

http://infojustice.org/archives/tag/south-africa/page/3

Re-Create ZA launched for creators

https://www.re-createza.org/

Innovation & Intellectual Property In South Africa: The Case For Reform

http://infojustice.org/archives/39914

The User Rights Database: Measuring the Impact of Copyright Balance

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/c.php?g=145331&p=5345664

Fair use vs Fair dealing and Best Practice Guidelines for Authors and Creators

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/fairuse_fairdealing

https://osf.io/preprints/lawarxiv/dzmpc

EU Governments Reach Negotiating Stance On Copyright Reform

http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/05/25/eu-governments-reach-negotiating-stance-copyright-reform/

WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights - Thirty-Sixth Session Geneva, May 28 to June 1, 2018

Draft Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions through SCCR/39 (2nd Meeting In 2019) http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_36/sccr_36_3.pdf

11 NGOs send letter to WIPO SCCR delegates expressing grave concerns about proposed WIPO treaty for broadcasting

https://www.keionline.org/27938

MARRAKESH TREATY FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY-IMPAIRED PERSONS

The Marrakesh Treaty: an EIFL Guide for Libraries (English)

http://www.eifl.net/resources/marrakesh-treaty-eifl-guide-libraries-english

Contracting Parties to Marrakesh Treaty

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=843

Lesotho becomes the 37th country to join the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities

http://www.eifl.net/news/lesotho-adopts-marrakesh-treaty

PREDATORY PUBLISHING PRACTICES:

Problems and challenges of predatory journals

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jdv.15039

Predatory Publishing – Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Scholarly_Research_Resources/Predatory_Publishers

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