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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:55:44 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 September 2010
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FYI,
Regards,
Denise
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Protection of Information Bill (South Africa):
Protection of Information Bill (South Africa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a9DDdP-UvQ (video)
Andre Brink denounces new Info Bill
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=430165
The Introduction of the Protection of Information Bill
http://www.moneyweb.co.uk/mw/view/mw/en/page292681?oid=499039&sn=2009+De
tail&pid=292679
Information bill unconstitutional: GCB
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article614077.ece/Information-bill-unco
nstitutional--GCB
Contralesa supports new Bills
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=430132
Traditional Knowledge:
WIPO Director General Welcomes Moves to Enhance Protection of
Traditional Knowledge & Folklore in Africa
http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2010/article_0028.html
ARIPO Draft TK Protocol
http://www.aripo.org/images/TK_Draft_Protocol.PDF
ARIPO TK Draft Implementing Regulations
http://www.aripo.org/images/TK_Draft_Implementing_Regulations.PDF
What is Traditional Knowledge?
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/copyrightforlibrarians/Module_8:_Traditiona
l_Knowledge
Intellectual Property:
Looming copyright crackdown could stifle Internet users, researchers,
academics say
http://www.canada.com/technology/Looming+copyright+crackdown+could+stifl
e+Internet+users+researchers+academics/3427770/story.html
Commercialization of IP In Canadian Universities: Barely Better Than
Break Even
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5284/125/
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Opening the Door: How Faculty Authors can Implement an Open Access
Policy at their Institutions
http://sciencecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/Opening-the-Door.pdf
Strategies for promoting Open Access publishing
http://bigthink.com/ideas/23096
If the Cost of Publishing a Scientific Journal Article is $10,000, Who
Pays for Open-Access?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/23100
Persons with Sensory-Disabilities:
Excellent Resource for Assistive Technology - TECHMATRIX
Knowing State of the Art Assistive Technology when you see it (video)
http://www.slideshare.net/NCTI/knowing-stateoftheart-assistive-technolog
y-when-you-see-it
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 (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:02:14 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 September 2010
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FYI,
Regards,
Denise
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International Literacy Day - 8 September:
UNESCO launches new Knowledge and Innovations Network for Literacy (KINL)
http://www.globalgiants.com/archives/2010/09/unesco_launchin.html
International Literacy Day
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/literacy/
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/275989/international-literacy-day
Media Tribunal (South Africa):
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-07-29-four-lessons-on-the-media-tribunal
Intellectual Property:
ACTA Text Leaks: U.S. Concedes on Secondary Liability, Wants To Go Beyond DMCA on Digital Locks
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5285/125/
What is an author to do?
http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/09/07/what-is-an-author-to-do/
Copyright for indexers (UK)
http://societyofindexers.org/files/leaflet4.pdf
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
A2K for Consumers: Reports of Campaigns and Reports 2008-2010
http://www.consumersinternational.org/media/453199/a2k-reports2010.pdf
Scholars Test Web Alternative to Peer Review
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/arts/24peer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Rethinking Peer Review As The World Peer Reviews Claimed Proof That P?$B!b?(JNP
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100812/03472410604.shtml
The Internet will set you free
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Internet-Will-Set-You-Free/124126/
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... <http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright...
Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za <https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kim.wits.ac.za/> and http://www.aca2k.org <https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aca2k.org>
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Sep 9 12:58:54 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:58:54 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 9 September 2010
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FYI,
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Denise
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Intellectual Property:
UCT IP Law & Policy Research Unit <http://uctipunit.wordpress.com/> -
various IP articles and events
http://uctipunit.wordpress.com/
Treaty Negotiators Turn To "ACTA Lite" In Hopes Of Closure
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/08/treaty-negotiators-turn-to-%E2
%80%9Cacta-lite%E2%80%9D-in-hopes-of-closure/
Traditional Knowledge:
Ghana to prosecute illicit uses of folklore
http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/ghana-to-prosecute-illicit-uses-of.h
tml
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Open Folklore, Open Access, and the Future of Scholarly Publishing
http://creightonbarrett.com/archivology/2010/09/open-folklore-open-acces
s-and-the-future-of-scholarly-publishing/
OpenLibrary
Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)
Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2009
http://www.tralac.org/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=
1694&news_id=91419&cat_id=1033
Conference alert:
6th International Digital Curation Conference
6-8 December, 2010 - Chicago, USA.
http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2010/09/registration-open-6th-inter
national-digital-curation-conference
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
a/> and http://www.aca2k.org
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Sep 14 14:11:08 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:11:08 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] FW: Copyright & A2K Issues - 14 September 2010
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FYI,
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Denise
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Intellectual Property:
WIPO Assemblies- September 2010
http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/assemblies/
Copyright 4 Education (ZA)(Course)
http://www.p2pu.org/general/copyright-4-educators-za
Is this Book still under Copyright (US)? - Researching the Copyright
Status of Books
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/files/2010/08/researching-the-co
pyright-status-of-books.pdf
eIFL-IP Draft Law on Copyright Including Model Exceptions and
Limitations for Libraries and Consumers
http://plip.eifl.net/docs/ip_docs/draft-law
Traditional Knowledge:
African Traditional Knowledge And Folklore Given IP Protection Despite
Warning Of TK Commodification
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/12/african-traditional-knowledge-
and-folklore-given-ip-protection-despite-warning-of-tk-commodification/
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography
http://digital-scholarship.org/tsp/transforming.pdf
African Highlights from Access to Knowledge - a Guide for Everyone
http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/african-highlights-from-access-to.ht
ml
10 Sources for Free Textbooks Online
http://blog.curriki.org/2010/08/31/10-sources-for-free-textbooks-online/
What is Open Data?
http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/09/10/what-is-open-data/
Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for all (download book)
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/images/2010/book/igf.book.cover.design.pd
f
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
a/> and http://www.aca2k.org
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aca2k.org
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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:44:31 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 16 September 2010
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FYI,
Regards,
Denise
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Intellectual Property:
Campaign aims to take back consumer rights over IP protected products
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/14/campaign-aims-to-take-back-con
sumer-rights-over-ip-protected-products-2/
Millions at Stake in Education Battle (Canada)
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/09/14/CopyrightBattle/
Copyright issue forces South Africa to ponder life after Bafana Bafana
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/22/copyright-south-africa-ba
fana-bafana
Traditional Knowledge:
African traditional knowledge, folklore get IP protection
<http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/african-traditional-knowledge-fo
lklore-get-ip-protection/>
http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/14/african-traditional-knowledge-fol
klore-get-ip-protection/
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Share the Date: Making Large-Scale Proteomics Data Widely Available
http://www.bio-itworld.com/2010/08/25/open-proteomics-comment.html
Perii Open Access
http://www.inasp.info/file/98804148d71a72e2c691a2dda813aa45/perii-open-a
ccess.html
Open Science
http://www.openscience.org/blog/
Open Educational Resources:
Teacher Education Series
http://www.oerafrica.org/teachered/TeacherEducationHome/TeacherEducation
Themes/EducationStudies/tabid/988/Default.aspx
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
a/> and http://www.aca2k.org
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Sep 17 12:12:03 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:12:03 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 17 September 2010
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FYI,
Regards,
Denise
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any broken links, as some people have told me they have received some
broken links in their emails.
Intellectual Property:
The Privatization of Yoga: Will India Succeed in Keeping Yoga in the
Public Domain?
http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/548.1?frommailing=1
How IP Enforcement Can Be Used To Suppress Dissent
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5302/125/
Campaign aims to take back consumer rights over IP protected products
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/09/14/campaign-aims-to-take-back-con
sumer-rights-over-ip-protected-products-2/
Digital Rights Management : Necessary evil or Evil that's not Necessary?
<http://www.techquark.com/2010/09/digital-rights-management-necessary.ht
ml>
http://www.techquark.com/2010/09/digital-rights-management-necessary.htm
l
The negotiating position of South Africa as presented by Xavier Carim
during the Regional Seminar on the EU-SADC EPA (see SA concerns re: IP)
http://www.tralac.org/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=
1694&news_id=92980&cat_id=1027
http://www.givengain.com/cause_data/images/1694/Carim_Tralac-EPA_Update_
20100913.pdf
Traditional Knowledge:
Can we protect 'traditional knowledge'? Should we?
http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/09/15/can-we-protect-tradit
ional-knowledge-should-we/
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Research Data: Who will share what, with whom, when, and why?
http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1237&context=borgma
n
Share the Date: Making Large-Scale Proteomics Data Widely Available
http://www.bio-itworld.com/2010/08/25/open-proteomics-comment.html
Scientometrics 2.0: Towards new metrics of scholarly impact on the
social Web
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2874/
2570
Sociological implications of scientific publishing: Open access,
science, society, democracy, and the digital divide
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2599/
2404
Warning: Misusing the journal impact fac