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 this newsletter, please emailDenise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za with "Subscribe to Copyright & A2K Issues" in the subject field.
Intellectual Property:
Keeping Up With International Approaches: South African Copyright Limitations And Exceptions For Educational Activities
http://infojustice.org/archives/39428
Julia Reda-Led Panel Discussion Reveals – Publishers’ Right Faces High Resistance from Academic Circles
Educators ask for a better copyright
https://education.okfn.org/educators-ask-for-a-better-copyright/
How closed Trade deals ratchet up the copyright term worldwide
http://infojustice.org/archives/39496
Captured copyright law
http://infojustice.org/archives/39487'
Tear Down That Paywall: The Movement to Make Ocean Research Free for All
German reform on the use of copyright protected works in the fields of education and research will come into force soon
In Germany, IPA Chief Slams SciHub, Argues for Unity Against Copyright Threats and Piracy
Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again
How My Photo Ended Up in the New York Times Without Credit
https://petapixel.com/2018/01/12/photo-ended-new-york-times-without-credit
Sharing and Republishing Content
Australia’s Recent Copyright Reform and Prospects for 2018
http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2018/01/17/australias-recent-copyright-reform-prospects-2018/
Droite de Suite
http://bit.ly/2mYlJdlhttp://bit.ly/2mYlJdl
Identity is everything
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/01/22/identity-everything/?informz=1
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Making the Local Global: The Colonialism of Scholarly Communication
https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/making-the-local-global-the-colonialism-of-scholarly-communication/
As Journal Subscription Fees Exhaust Library Budgets, Universities Mandate Open Access Preprint Repository Publishing
Countering the Über-Brands: The Case for the Megajournal
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/01/18/countering-uber-brands-case-megajournal/?informz=1
Sensors Journal Pulls Planned Special Issue Due to Guest Editor’s Fake Credentials
https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51363/title/
Sensors--Journal-Pulls-Planned-Special-Issue-Due-to-Guest-Editor-s-Fake-Credentials/FinELib and Elsevier Reach Agreement for Subscription Access and Open Access Publishing
http://www.menafn.com/1096361052/about.html
A Turbulent Year in the Publishing World
Science search engine links papers to grants and patents
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00688-0
Introducing the C-EBLIP List of Peer-Reviewed Journals in LIS
https://words.usask.ca/ceblipblog/2018/01/16/c-eblip-list-of-peer-reviewed-journals-in-lis/
Open Educational Resources:
Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South
http://www.africanminds.co.za/dd-product/adoption-and-impact-of-oer-in-the-global-south/
MOOC on Technology-Enabled Learning reaches 94 countries
http://www.nan.ng/news/mooc-technology-enabled-learning-reaches-94-countries/
New State Legislative Resources (CC)
https://creativecommonsusa.org/index.php/2018/01/16/new-state-legislative-resources/