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. Archives are available at: http://www.africanlii.org/content/copyright-a2k-information. If you would like to subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, this newsletter, please do so at: http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/copyrightanda2kinfo or email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za only (N.B. PLEASE DO NOT SEND TO WHOLE MAILING LIST)
Intellectual Property:
Fair Use in South Africa (video)
http://go2.mailengine1.com/click/fof6-uhlgw-gv3w6g-9p7ij5f4/
"Free is not fair" won't make authors richer, but fixing publishers' contracts will
https://boingboing.net/2018/10/21/lunch-money-for-bullies.html
The Cost of Accessing Academic Research is Way Too High. This Must Change.
http://infojustice.org/archives/40380
Effect of Open Access on Copyright Challenges and Library Budgets in Africa
Http://Infojustice.Org/Archives/40365
Warning on Proposed WIPO Broadcast Treaty
http://infojustice.org/archives/40371
Copyright, Online News Publishing and Aggregators: A Law and Economics Analysis of the EU Reform
http://infojustice.org/archives/40357
Global Copyright Reform Efforts – As Told by Libraries, Museums, and Archives
http://infojustice.org/archives/40375
Op-Ed: Library of Congress buries DRM obstructions to repair
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
South African universities shouldn’t be playing the global rankings game
Wits University Press announces Open Access Programme
http://witspress.co.za/news/open-access-books-from-wits-university-press/
Open Access Books published by Wits University Press
http://www.oapen.org/search?publisher=Wits%20University%20Press&smode=simple&style=
Bernard Rentier on Open Access: From Where? How? For What? And Where To?
http://eurodoc.net/news/2018/bernard-rentier-on-open-access-from-where-how-for-what-and-where-to
Open Access, Social Justice, and the Moral Imperative: Why OA Publishing Matters to WGS
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1100&context=librarypubs
Open Access – a Look Back
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/10/22/open-access-a-look-back/?informz=1
Are Mirror Journals a Better Path to the Open Access Flip?
Opening up access to knowledge
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2018-10-26-opening-up-access-to-knowledge
Harvard Exempts Its Librarian-Scholars From the Work-For-Hire Doctrine
Why Do We Digitize? The Case for Slow Digitization - Archive Journal
http://www.archivejournal.net/essays/why-do-we-digitize-the-case-for-slow-digitization/
Flipping a journal to open access will boost its citation performance – but to what degree varies by publisher, field and rank
Libraries are about democracy, not just books
UNESCO Recognizes the Importance of Exceptions and Limitations
http://infojustice.org/archives/40360
UNESCO Preliminary Report of the Director-General on the draft Recommendation concerning Open Educational Resources
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002655/265554e.pdf
10 ways libraries can support the implementation of Plan S
file:///C:/Users/00658018/Downloads/LibrariesSupportPlanS.pdf
Deal on eLending in the Netherlands: Interview with the Dutch Public Library Association
https://www.ifla.org/node/91647