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Intellectual Property:
Does The South African Copyright Bill Promote Plagiarism?
http://infojustice.org/archives/41511
Are Fair Use Provisions in the SA Copyright Amendment Bill Far Broader than in the US?
http://infojustice.org/archives/41522
South Africa is caught in the global hype of the fourth industrial revolution
https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/516/194591.html
Digital music - An empirical analysis for an evolution of legal consumption to contrast piracy
file:///C:/Users/00658018/Documents/Digital_music._An_empirical_analysis_for.pdf
Guest Post: Cost per Use Overvalues Journal Subscriptions
The Decline of Online Piracy: How Markets – Not Enforcement – Drive Down Copyright Infringement
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3437239
Legal Challenges For Online Digital Libraries
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3441842
Moving Towards A New Copyright Bargain: Lecture by Rebecca Giblin
http://infojustice.org/archives/41538
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
What Do Statements of Support for California Tell Us About the Big Deal?
The Library Solution: How Academic Libraries Could End the APC Scourge
Position Statement on Controlled Digital Lending by Libraries (2018)
https://controlleddigitallending.org/download
Thinking about the Art and Science of Image Description: An Interview with textBOX Founders