Copyright & A2K Issues - 12 April 2010

12 April 2010 · Denise Nicholson

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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

SA Copyright law under fire (read comments below article as well)

http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa-copyright-law-under-fire/13185/

IFLA's Position on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

http://www.ifla.org/files/clm/statements/ACTA-statement-en.pdf

PublicACTA hammers out "Wellington Declaration"

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/publicacta-hammers-out-wellingt
on-declaration

Tanzania: <http://allafrica.com/tanzania/> Anti-Counterfeit Laws
Threaten Universal Access to ARVs

http://allafrica.com/stories/201004011001.html

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural
Expressions/Folklore

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

South Africa: Academy defends academic freedom

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100409205351824

Open Access Publishing

http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/wiki/index.php/Open_Access_Publishing

Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century: a Changing Landscape

http://bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=2678

Authors' Rights

http://libguides.bgsu.edu/content.php?pid=8573&sid=55124

Open Access and its Implications for the Future of Academic Writing

http://nix.th0r1n.com/open-access-movement-and-its-implications-for-the-
future-of-academic-writing.html

U.S. Seeks to Make Science Free for All

http://www.innovationtoronto.com/2010/04/u-s-seeks-to-make-science-free-
for-all/

Open Source Education

http://milesberry.net/2010/04/open-source-education/

Learning Materials for workshops on Public Access to Health Information
Through Libraries

http://www.ifla.org/publications/learning-materials-for-workshops-on-pub
lic-access-to-health-information-through-librari

Conference alerts:

Archival Conference on Records and Archives in Support of Good
Governance and Service Delivery

13-14 July 2010, at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, South
Africa

E-mail: ngulup at unisa.ac.za

Website:
http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=20728

4th International Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Conference,

6-9 June, 2010, Auckland, New Zealand

http://news.tangatawhenua.com/archives/3794

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
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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 Thu Apr 15 12:17:44 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:17:44 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 15 April 2010
Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE8170766294F@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement Undermines Efforts Toward Transparency

http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/13/counterfeit-trade-agreement-opinions-co
ntributors-gary-shapiro.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/10/copyright-turns-300.html

http://www.osnews.com/story/23138/Copyright_Turns_300_Today

Traditional Knowledge:

Legislative Texts on Traditional Knowledge

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/laws/tk.html

Protecting Community Rights over Traditional Knowledge: Implications of
customary laws and practices

http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/G02583.pdf

Imagining a Traditional Knowledge Commons

http://www.idlo.int/publications/TraditionalKnowledge.htm

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication

Yale ISP Publishes New Book on Access to Knowledge in Egypt

http://www.law.yale.edu/news/11515.htm

The Institutional Repository in 2010 and beyond

http://demo.dspace.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/18/Repositories-
in-2010.pdf?sequence=1

Open Access Models for eBooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences

http://openaccess.gr/news_events/news/details.dot?language_id=1&inode=16
647&id=16647

Wits scientists reveal new species of hominid

http://web.wits.ac.za/NewsRoom/NewsItems/HOMINID.htm

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/328/5975/154

Faculty Survey 2009: Key Strategic Insights for Libraries, Publishers,
and Societies

http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/faculty-surveys-2000-2009/Facu
lty%20Study%202009.pdf

Open Access Publishing in European Networks

http://www.openaccess.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17
4:open-access-publishing-in-european-networks&catid=1:news-archive

Creative Commons and OERs

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_and_Open_Educational_Re
sources

Creative Commons for Education

http://creativecommons.org/education

The Primacy of Learning: Information Policy for a Networked World

http://www.counterpoint-online.org/the-primacy-of-learning-information-p
olicy-for-a-networked-world/

Libraries in the Cloud?

http://www.dlorg.eu/blog/?p=136

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

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon Apr 19 11:19:58 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:19:58 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 19 April 2010
Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE8170769430E@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Traditional Knowledge:

Intellectual Property Amendment Bill (Traditional Knowledge) (South
Africa)

Important meetings:

* 11 May 2010 - Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry,
(National Assembly), [Public

Hearings on Intellectual Property Rights Amendment Bill], Committee Room

E249, Second Floor, National Assembly Wing, 15:15

* 12 May 2010 - Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry,
(National Assembly),

[Consideration of Minutes; Public Hearings on Intellectual Property
Rights

Amendment Bill], Committee Room E249, Second Floor, National Assembly

Wing, 09:00

* 14 May 2010 -Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry,
(National Assembly),

[Deliberations on Intellectual Property Rights Amendment Bill;
Ratification of

International Trade Agreements], Committee Room V454, Fourth Floor, Old

Assembly Building, 08:30

* 25 May 2010 - Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry,
(National Assembly), [Formal

Consideration of the A-list and B-Bill on Intellectual Property Rights
Amendment

Bill], Committee Room E249, Second Floor, National Assembly Wing, 15:15

(Contact: PC on Trade and Industry - CS: Andre Hermans 403 3776 - 083
709 8482)

Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property (free to download book)

http://shr.aaas.org/tek/handbook/handbook.pdf

IK Management Systems (databases) - Guide for Indigenous Communities

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/33648965/Indigenous-Knowledge-Management-Sys
tems-(databases)---Guide-for-

Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, Copyright & Art - Shortcomings in
Protection and an Alternative Approach

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1583195

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communiction:

New tech gives deaf, blind people ability to communicate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7byMcqjf-E

Tongue device helps blind people 'see'

http://beta.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/Article.aspx?Id=3809&Showid=3

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8568485.stm

ACTA Participants Agree To Release Draft Text Next Week

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4962/125/

The Free Technology Academy

http://www.ftacademy.org/

http://www.e-taalim.com/featured-articles/free-technology-academy.html

Scientists Embrace Openness

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/art
icles/2010_04_09/caredit.a1000036

http://pantonprinciples.org/

Open Access Directory

http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page

Data Repositories

http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Data_repositories

Digital Preservation Strategies

http://digitalpreservationstrategies.blogspot.com/

Conference alert:

IUG-SA Conference 2010

10-12 November 2010-04-19 at University of Botswana

Contact: Reason B. Nfila, Chair: IUGSA Conference Committee 2010

nfilar at mopipi.ub.bw : Tel: 267 355 2300; Fax: 267 395 7291

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

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Apr 20 15:19:19 2010
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:19:19 +0200
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Q & ACTA, with Michael Geist

http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=17137

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15868004

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/10/copyright-law-digita
l-economy-bill

It's Time to Get Creative

http://www.counterpoint-online.org/its-time-to-get-creative/

Traditional Knowledge:

Debating Traditional Knowledge Legislation (South Africa)

http://aliquidnovi.org/debating-traditional-knowledge-legislation/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Digital Repositories at a Crossroads: Achieving Sustainable Success
through Campus-wide Engagement

http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=jean_g
abriel_bankier

U.S. Moves on Open Access Bill

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/456832-U_S_Congress_Moves_On_Ope
n_Public_Access_Bill.php

CNI Podcast: David Lewis on Integrating Scholarly Communication Tools

http://www.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/CNIPodcastDavidLewisonIntegrat/20330
8

New Broadband Network for Africa Approved

http://www.scidev.net/en/news/new-broadband-network-for-africa-approved.
html

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

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Apr 22 14:53:57 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:53:57 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 22 April 2010
Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE817076FDB80@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill (Traditional Knowledge) (South
Africa)

(formally introduced into Parliament)

http://www.pmg.org.za/files/bills/100422b8-10.pdf

http://prsindia.org/uploads/media/Copyright%20Act/Copyright%20Bill%20201
0.pdf

Consolidated Text Prepared for Public Release - ACTA

http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2010/april/tradoc_146029.pdf

Groups call for Human Rights Review of US Medicine Policy

http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/blog-post/groups-call-for-human-rig
hts-review-of-u-s-medicine-policy

Prevent Patents Inhibiting Knowledge Diffusion For Green Technology, EU
Told

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/06/26/prevent-patents-inhibiting-kno
wledge-diffusion-for-green-technology-eu-told/

Free Software Used to Fight Piracy, Broaden Knowledge Access in Ecuador

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/04/22/free-software-used-to-fight-pi
racy-broaden-knowledge-access-in-ecuador/

Conference alert:

Berlin 8 Open Access Conference (Berlin 8), jointly hosted by Chinese

Academy of Sciences, China, and Max Planck Society, Germany

25-27 October 2010, Beijing, China.

http://www.berlin8.org/

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

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