Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 May 2010

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Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 14:00:12 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 May 2010
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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Fair Use Contributes to Trillions

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/fairuse-economy/

Fair Use in the U.S. Economy

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2010/04/fairuseeconomy.pdf

The "fair use economy" is enormous, growing, and endangered by the
relatively tiny entertainment industry

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/27/the-fair-use-economy.html

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Opens With Hope For Text-Based
Talks
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/05/03/wipo-traditional-knowledge-com
mittee-opens-with-hope-for-text-based-talks/

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Open Access: the Historical Irony

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/727-guid.html

Congressman Presses for Broad Open-Access Bill (US)

http://www.genomeweb.com/congressman-presses-broad-open-access-bill

Open Access in France: A State of the Art Report - April 2010

http://openaccess.inist.fr/sites/openaccess/IMG/pdf/Open_Access_in_Franc
e_SELLreport_april_2010.pdf

PubMed Central Canada (free digital archive)

http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/index.html

Concordia University opens its research findings to the world

http://news.concordia.ca/main_story/016711.shtml

Open Learning Resources

http://www.ctdlc.org/Members/Hot_Topics/Open_Resources.cfm?nav=47

http://measurementmedia.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1664

Learning about Moodle - a leading open source LMS

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2010/05/learning-about-moodle-a-leading-op
en-source-lms/

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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+and+Related+Issues.htm
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed May 12 09:45:46 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 09:45:46 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Isssues - 12 May 2010
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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

IP Negotiations Monitor

http://www.southcentre.org/files/IP%20Monitor%20March%202010%201st%20iss
ue.pdf

The Graduated Response

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1579782

Google Attorney Slams ACTA Copyright Treaty

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20004450-38.html

Counterfeit Versus "Confusingly Similar" Products

http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/pijip05072010

Traditional Knowledge:

New Traditional Knowledge website

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/%5D

WIPO Member States Advance Work On Traditional Knowledge, Folklore And
Genetic Resources
<http://www.worldprline.com/2010/05/10/wipo-member-states-advance-work-o
n-traditional-knowledge-folklore-and-genetic-resources/>

http://www.worldprline.com/2010/05/10/wipo-member-states-advance-work-on
-traditional-knowledge-folklore-and-genetic-resources/

Traditional Knowledge

http://www.jeremydebeer.ca/chat/19-protecting-traditional-knowledge.html

WAI 262: end of a long road for indigenous rights? (New Zealand)

http://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/detail.aspx?g=17cb7f91
-7a99-4c8d-bf72-4f7fa39278d3

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Open Library

http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=305502

http://openlibrary.org/

Over 1 Million Digital Books Now Available Free to the Print-Disabled

http://blog.openlibrary.org/2010/05/06/over-1-million-digital-books-now-
available-free-to-the-print-disabled/

Paolo Mangiafico, on Open Access at Duke University

http://opensource.com/education/10/5/defaulting-open-open-access-duke-pa
olo-mangiafico

Seven of the Best Open Course Resources for Entrepreneurs

http://www.flowtown.com/blog/seven-of-the-best-open-course-resources-for
-entrepreneurs

University Leaders Support Free Access to Public Funded Research (USA)

http://scholcommbc.blogspot.com/2010/05/university-leaders-support-free-
access.html

Perspectives on digitization of music in music academy libraries:
problems and challenges (video)

http://www.slideshare.net/bissen/perspectives-on-digitization-of-music

OpenLearn LabSpace

http://labspace.open.ac.uk/

Free and Open Learning Materials

http://www.foothill.edu/fga/opencontent.php

How to Navigate the Confusing Digital Book Landscape

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/how-to-navigate-the-confusing-di
gital-book-landscape/19467113/

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
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t+and+Related+Issues.htm>

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 11:30:20 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 24 May 2010
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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

18 Developing countries form intellectual property group

http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=57660

East Africa: Global Players Behind Anti-Counterfeit Law Campaign

http://allafrica.com/stories/201005211041.html

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge Bill : Stakeholders Ignored

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&view=idoblog&Itemid=73
&lang=en

South Africa: Proposal to Protect Traditional Knowledge 'Doomed'

http://allafrica.com/stories/201005200070.html

Folklore funding myth, Copyright Act in order (South Africa)

http://www.fm.co.za/Article.aspx?id=108853

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

NDLTD Union Catalog Surpasses One Million ETDs

http://www.ndltd.org/find/ndltd-union-catalog-surpasses-one-million-elec
tronic-theses-and-dissertations

An introduction to the recommendations for implementation of Open Access
in Denmark

http://www.sciecom.org/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/3622/3
171

A letter to CGIAR in support of Open Access

http://poynder.blogspot.com/2010/05/letter-to-cgiar-in-support-of-open.h
tml

Transforming Repositories: From Repository Managers to Institutional
Data Managers

http://www.slideshare.net/SteveHitchcock/ecda2010-hitchcock11

The Social Contract of Scholarly Publishing

http://www.dancohen.org/2010/03/05/the-social-contract-of-scholarly-publ
ishing/

ARL : Special Issue on Strategies for Opening Up Content

http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/rli/archive/rli269.shtml

Language Open Learning

http://www.ajarnken.com/about-us.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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+and+Related+Issues.htm
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu May 27 13:12:35 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:12:35 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 27 May 2010
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FYI,

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Denise

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Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

A2K for Blind & Visually Impaired Persons

Copyright vs. The Right to Read

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&task=viewpost&id=276&I
temid=&lang=en

Right to Read Campaign

http://www.rnib.org.uk/getinvolved/campaign/accesstoinformation/righttor
ead/Pages/righttoread.aspx

Ground Breaking Service for Visually Impaired Spectators at FIFA World
Cup South Africa

www.sancb.org

DAISY Makes Reading Easier (English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=ZA&feature=related&v=PJwBdVr_1LM

DAISY Offers a Literacy Revolution

http://www.daisy.org/education

Comparison of e-book formats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

Project puts 1M books online for blind, dyslexic

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100506/ap_on_hi_te/us_books_for_the_blind

The Internet Archive

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100506/ap_on_hi_te/us_books_for_the_blind

Cambridge University Press Grants Worldwide Digital Rights to Bookshare
http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bookshare/CambridgeUniversity/prweb4014244
.htm

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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+and+Related+Issues.htm
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t+and+Related+Issues.htm>

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Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 10:11:41 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 28 May 2010
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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

James Murdoch v British Library: it's all about copyright

http://www.beehivecity.com/newspapers/murdoch-v-british-library122105/

WIPO SCCR: US Proposal for a Consensus Instrument for persons with print
disabilities

http://keionline.org/node/851

Response of Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay to US proposal at WIPO
open-consultations

http://keionline.org/node/852

WIPO SCCR 20 Meetings June 2010

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=20200

http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_20/sccr_20_1.pdf
(Agenda)

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

7 Things You Should Know About Open Educational Resources

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7061.pdf

Digital Libraries (Special Issue)(various articles)

http://www.wwwords.co.uk/pfie/content/pdfs/6/issue6_1.asp

Improving Access with Open-Access Publishing Funds

http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/rli-269-tananbaum.pdf

Institutional Open Access Funds: Now is the Time

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1
000375

Discussing Open Access from Different Perspectives

https://www.lib.uwo.ca/blogs/digitalscholarly/2010/05/discussing-open.ht
ml

African Journal Archive

http://www.sabinet.co.za/?page=african-journal-archive

The i-Pad and the Educator: First Impressions

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue63/whalley-rvw-2/

Archives in Web 2.0: New Opportunities

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue63/nogueira/

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

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+and+Related+Issues.htm
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon May 31 11:09:12 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 11:09:12 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 31 May 2010
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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

FIFA and Copyright (World Soccer Cup - SA)

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/Pages/FIFAandCopyright.aspx

FIFA Warns Against Ambush Marketing (World Soccer Cup - SA)

http://allafrica.com/stories/201005070555.html

Defending its Turf: FIFA Combats Ambush Marketing (World Cup - SA)

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2009/04/article_0003.html

Proposed intellectual property laws too restrictive (Canada)

http://thegauntlet.ca/story/14526

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Africa Analysis: Research networks show promise

http://www.scidev.net/en/sub-suharan-africa/opinions/africa-analysis-res
earch-networks-show-promise.html

Global Research Report: Africa

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&task=viewpost&id=277&I
temid=&lang=en

Feasibility Study on the AfricaConnect Initiative

http://www.feast-project.org/documents/FEAST-Final-Report-2010-03-22.pdf

Open Access Policies in Europe

http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2010-05/david
_prosser_-_oa_policies_in_europe.pdf

Open access journal publishing in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Nigeria

http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla76/138-gbaje-en.pdf

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

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