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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:47:03 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 30 November 2009
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FYI,
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Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:-
Comparing Repository Types: Challenges and Barriers for Subject-Based
Repositories, Research Repositories,
National Repository Systems and Institutional Repositories in Serving
Scholarly Communication
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1506905
Authors' Rights, Tout de Suite
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ts/authorrights.pdf
Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine
http://scholars.sciencecommons.org/
Get More from your Academic Research
Regards
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Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
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http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyrigh
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:09:00 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 December 2009
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FYI,
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Intellectual Property:
Statement of Principles on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for
Libraries
http://mobile.eifl.org/cps/sections/docs/ip_docs/statement-principles
Analytical Document on Limitations and Exceptions (for WIPO SCCR 19,
December 2009)
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=129524
Views on the outcome of WIPO SCCR 18: Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay
Treaty for Reading Disabled Persons
http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/06/22/views-sccr-18
November/December 2009 U.S. government consultation on WIPO Treaty for
Reading Disabilities
http://www.keionline.org/r2r/usa2009comments
In their own words: why they oppose the treaty to facilitate access and
sharing of works for people with reading disability
http://www.keionline.org/node/695
"Who on earth would oppose a treaty to facilitate access to information
and knowledge to people with reading disabilities?"
http://www.keionline.org/node/693
Copyright - are people with sensory-disabilities getting a fair deal?
http://pcf4.dec.uwi.edu/viewpaper.php?id=379&print=1
(published in Global Information Inequalities: Bridging the information
gap -
http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=1792&ChandosTitle=
1 )
Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats
<http://benetech.blogspot.com/2009/11/bookshare-to-convert-open-content.
html>
Senators Sanders and Brown ask White House to make ACTA text public
EU ACTA Analysis Leaks: Confirms Plans For Global DMCA, Encourage 3
Strikes Model
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4575/125/
Why The Lack of ACTA Transparency Is Not Standard
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4549/125/
Imagine there is no copyright and no cultural conglomerates too...
http://www.copysouth.org/portal/node/53
Google's book-scanning deal is not sealed yet
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google-books28-2009nov28,0,4869293
.story
Traditional Knowledge:
Culture can't be captured in any constitution
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/814376/-/5oh0e1/-/
Regards
Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
Email Fax: 0865533134
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<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyrigh
t+and+Related+Issues.htm>
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Dec 1 10:38:27 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:38:27 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 December 2009
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FYI,
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Intellectual Property:
Statement of Principles on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for
Libraries
http://mobile.eifl.org/cps/sections/docs/ip_docs/statement-principles
Analytical Document on Limitations and Exceptions (for WIPO SCCR 19,
December 2009)
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=129524
Views on the outcome of WIPO SCCR 18: Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay
Treaty for Reading Disabled Persons
http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/06/22/views-sccr-18
November/December 2009 U.S. government consultation on WIPO Treaty for
Reading Disabilities
http://www.keionline.org/r2r/usa2009comments
In their own words: why they oppose the treaty to facilitate access and
sharing of works for people with reading disability
http://www.keionline.org/node/695
"Who on earth would oppose a treaty to facilitate access to information
and knowledge to people with reading disabilities?"
http://www.keionline.org/node/693
Copyright - are people with sensory-disabilities getting a fair deal?
http://pcf4.dec.uwi.edu/viewpaper.php?id=379&print=1
(published in Global Information Inequalities: Bridging the information
gap -
http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=1792&ChandosTitle=
1 )
Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats
<http://benetech.blogspot.com/2009/11/bookshare-to-convert-open-content.
html>
Senators Sanders and Brown ask White House to make ACTA text public
EU ACTA Analysis Leaks: Confirms Plans For Global DMCA, Encourage 3
Strikes Model
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4575/125/
Why The Lack of ACTA Transparency Is Not Standard
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4549/125/
Google's book-scanning deal is not sealed yet
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google-books28-2009nov28,0,4869293
.story
Traditional Knowledge:
Culture can't be captured in any constitution
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/814376/-/5oh0e1/-/
Regards
Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyrigh
t+and+Related+Issues.htm>
Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kim.wits.ac.z
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Dec 1 13:19:52 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:19:52 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copright & A2K Issues - 1 December 2009
(part 2)
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FYI,
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A Treaty for the Visually Impaired
http://aliquidnovi.org/2009/11/30/a-treaty-for-the-visually-impaired/
Proposal by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, Relating to Limitations and
Exceptions: Treaty Proposed by the World Blind Union (WBU)
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=122732
When piracy isn't theft
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/nov/24/file-
sharing-free-piracy
WIPO Conferences, Meetings and Seminars
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/
EFF analyzes the legal creepiness of ACTA, the secret copyright treaty
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/19/eff-analyzes-the-leg.html
Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:
COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories
http://www.driver-repository.eu/DRIVER-COAR.html
Researchers must take advantage of digital revolution says report
http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/article/20917/Researchers-must-take-adva
ntage-of-digital-revolution-says-report.aspx
When Scholarly Publishers reduce Author Rights in the face of Open
Access
http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/23/when-scholarly-publishers-reduce-author-ri
ghts-in-the-face-of-open-access-initiatives/
Scholarly Books: Their Production, Use and Evaluation in South Africa
Today
http://www.assaf.org.za/images/Scholarly%20Report%20WEB%20L-RES.pdf
Regards
Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyrigh
t+and+Related+Issues.htm>
Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kim.wits.ac.z
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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:22:00 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 December 2009
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FYI,
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Intellectual Property:
New: WIPO Study on Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright and Related
Rights for the benefit of Education in Africa (in French at this stage).
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=130241
New: WIPO Study on the Copyright Exceptions for the Benefit of
Educational Activities for Asia and Australia
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=130249
Landmark study: DRM truly does make pirates out of us all
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/landmark-study-drm-truly
-does-make-pirates-out-of-us-all.ars
Neil Gaiman speaks out against British Digital Economy Bill
http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/06/neil-gaiman-speaks-out-against-britis
h-digital-economy-bill/
Transparency of FTAA negotiations, compared to ACTA
Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:
Sugar on a Stick: What it Means for e-Books and Education
http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/07/sugar-on-a-stick-what-it-means-for-e-
books-and-education/
African Copyright & Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project - Research
Findings in Egypt
County report:
http://www.aca2k.org/attachments/154_ACA2K%20EGYPT%202009%20CR%20WEB-011
209.pdf
Executive Policy Brief:
http://www.aca2k.org/attachments/154_ACA2K%20EGYPT%20EPB%20WEB-071209.pd
f
Africa and the Economic Crisis
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6616
Africa Analysis: Quality in Research
http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/africa-analysis-quality-in-research.ht
ml
Access to research content is poor despite technological progress
http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2254536/access-resear
ch-content-poor
Regards
Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyrigh
t+and+Related+Issues.htm>
Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kim.wits.ac.z
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:47:25 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 9 December 2009
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Intellectual Property:
Press Release: South Africa in support of the WIPO TVI Preventing
Copyright laws from prohibiting access to information
http://www.sancb.org.za/press.asp
Multi-Stakeholder Declaration : South African Response to the WIPO
Treaty for Improved Access for
Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons (TVI)
http://www.sancb.org.za/news.asp
Facilitating Access to Copyright Works for Visually Impaired Persons
Facilitating Access for the Blind or Other Persons with Disabilities
(Comments on TVI)
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/sccr/comments/2009/reply-2/
Library Copyright Alliance Calls for Treaty to Ensure Access for Reading
Disabled
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/12/07/library-copyright-alliance-calls
-for-treaty-to-ensure-access-for-reading-disabled/
UN Agencies Agree on Need for Closer Collaboration in Favor of Visually
Impaired
http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2009/article_0055.html.
WIPO Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for the Visually
Impaired (2007)
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=75696
Copyright Exception and Trusted Intermediaries: Two Concepts that work
together
http://www.visionip.org/stakeholders/en/intermediaries_copyright.html
Call for Comments for Paper on Copyright Law and the Print Impaired
(India)
http://www.cis-india.org/advocacy/accessibility/blog/comments-on-copyrig
ht-and-print%20impaired
WIPO Information Meeting on Limitations and Exceptions for Educational
Activities
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=19582
The Global Intellectual Property Order and Its Undetermined Future
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