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)
Internet Censorship Bill (South Africa):
South Africa: "Internet Censorship Bill" Signed Into Law
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=855136&email_access=on
Intellectual Property:
Frequently Asked Questions about the SA Copyright Amendment Bill (updated 20.10.2019)
https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/FAQs_CAB
Recreate Opinion on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Constitution
http://infojustice.org/archives/41631
Civil Society Letter To WIPO Delegates Attending the 39th SCCR (Oct 2019)
http://infojustice.org/archives/41673
Article 17 Stakeholder Dialogue: We’ll Continue To Advocate For Safeguarding User Rights
http://infojustice.org/archives/41637
How to License Article 17? Exploring the Implementation Options for the New EU Rules on Content-Sharing Platforms
http://infojustice.org/archives/41619
International IP Experts Debate Protecting Artificial Intelligence Research
http://infojustice.org/archives/41651
Singapore: When Music Artists Can No Longer Sing The Same Tune
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=855146&email_access=on
Copyright Law’s Role in Advocacy and Education for Open Access Policies on Campus
https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/41559763
Harvard professor Ruth Okediji calls for new public interest copyright system
http://infojustice.org/archives/41666
Who Is In Charge Here? The Internet Of Things, Governance and the Global Intellectual Property Regime
http://infojustice.org/archives/41661
Data mining applied to scholarly publications to finally reveal Earth's biodiversity
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/pp-dma101819.php
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Open Access Week 21-27 October 2019
https://blogs.plos.org/plos/2019/10/welcome-to-open-access-week-2019/
Open access popular with researchers but full potential remains untapped, says new global study
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-10-access-popular-full-potential-untapped.html
Younger researchers are embracing change in scholarly communication
https://phys.org/news/2014-10-younger-embracing-scholarly.html
Peter Lor talks about his new book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZveGnxcfTyw&feature=youtu.be
Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research
https://open-access.mit.edu/sites/default/files/OA-Final-Report.pdf
Training students for the Open Science future
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0726-z
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Fourth Industrial Revolution resources
https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Mobile_Technologies/4IR_5IR
Access for People with Disabilities:
Top 80 Web Accessibility Resources & Tools
https://www.websitehostingrating.com/web-accessibility-resources-tools/