Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 April 2011

1 April 2011 · Denise Nicholson

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 10:40:36 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 April 2011
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FYI,

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Intellectual Property:

Six Reasons why Google Books Failed

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/mar/28/six-reasons-google-book
s-failed/

What's Next for Google Books?

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/28/6362137-whats-next-for-g
oogle-books

WIPO Says Cybersquatting Filings Sharply Up, Watches ICANN's Domain Name
Expansion

http://bit.ly/gQpkpB <http://bit.ly/gQpkpB%0d>

India begins long fights to protect its patents

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws310311IndiaBegins.asp

Google guards Android's open door, hires bouncer

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=13837

HarperCollins vs. Libraries : e-Books to Self-Destruct after 26 loans

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=13837

Why DRM Won't be Floating with Music Lovers in the Cloud

http://technorati.com/technology/article/why-drm-wont-be-floating-with/

Traditional Knowledge:

Library Copyright Alliance issues critique of WIPO Draft Treaty on
Traditional Cultural Expressions

http://wo.ala.org/tce/2011/03/23/library-copyright-alliance-issues-criti
que-of-wipo-draft-treaty-on-traditional-cultural-expressions/

India, WIPO Connect on Traditional Knowledge Protection, with or without
Patents

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/03/28/india-wipo-connect-on-traditio
nal-knowledge-protection-with-or-without-patents/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The costs and potential benefits of alternative scholarly publishing
models

http://informationr.net/ir/16-1/paper469.html

Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for
Development

http://www.cis-india.org/advocacy/openness/blog/open-equitable-access-to
-research-knowledge

Study Finds Open Access Increases Citations in Legal Scholarship by Over
50%

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5714/196/

Citation Advantage of Open Access Legal Scholarship

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1777090

Latest Issue of IFLA Journal March 2011

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/out-now-march-2011-issue-of-ifla-journal

BA A2K Platform Newsletter

http://www.bibalex.org/a2k/attachments/Newsletters/March2011En.pdf

Fix the Web - Addressing Accessibility

http://www.fixtheweb.net/

"Demystifying the Copyright Law: Finding your Way Through the Copyright
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Apr 1 14:04:46 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:04:46 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] FW: Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 April 2011 -
errata note
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F16E450FE@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

Hi,

Apologies. Please note that the correct URL for

?HarperCollins vs. Libraries : e-Books to Self-Destruct after 26 loans? Is http://www.systemslibrarian.co.za/HarperCollins-vs-Libraries.html

Thanks

Denise

From: Joe Kirsch (Boksburg) [mailto:Joe.Kirsch at ekurhuleni.gov.za]
Sent: 01 April 2011 11:57 AM
To: Denise Nicholson
Subject: RE: Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 April 2011
Importance: High

Hi Denise,

The link should be http://www.systemslibrarian.co.za/HarperCollins-vs-Libraries.html

Regards,

From: Denise Nicholson [mailto:Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 10:41 AM
To: copyrightanda2kinfo at lists.wits.ac.za
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 April 2011

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Six Reasons why Google Books Failed

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/mar/28/six-reasons-google-book...

What?s Next for Google Books?

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/28/6362137-whats-next-for-g...

WIPO Says Cybersquatting Filings Sharply Up, Watches ICANN?s Domain Name Expansion

http://bit.ly/gQpkpB <http://bit.ly/gQpkpB%0d>

India begins long fights to protect its patents

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws310311IndiaBegins.asp

Google guards Android?s open door, hires bouncer

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=13837

HarperCollins vs. Libraries : e-Books to Self-Destruct after 26 loans

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=13837

Why DRM Won?t be Floating with Music Lovers in the Cloud

http://technorati.com/technology/article/why-drm-wont-be-floating-with/

Traditional Knowledge:

Library Copyright Alliance issues critique of WIPO Draft Treaty on Traditional Cultural Expressions

http://wo.ala.org/tce/2011/03/23/library-copyright-alliance-issues-criti...

India, WIPO Connect on Traditional Knowledge Protection, with or without Patents

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/03/28/india-wipo-connect-on-traditio...

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The costs and potential benefits of alternative scholarly publishing models

http://informationr.net/ir/16-1/paper469.html

Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development

http://www.cis-india.org/advocacy/openness/blog/open-equitable-access-to...

Study Finds Open Access Increases Citations in Legal Scholarship by Over 50%

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5714/196/

Citation Advantage of Open Access Legal Scholarship

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1777090

Latest Issue of IFLA Journal March 2011

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/out-now-march-2011-issue-of-ifla-journal

BA A2K Platform Newsletter

http://www.bibalex.org/a2k/attachments/Newsletters/March2011En.pdf

Fix the Web ? Addressing Accessibility

http://www.fixtheweb.net/

?Demystifying the Copyright Law: Finding your Way Through the Copyright Maze?

19 April 2011 : Wits Professional Development Hub,

92 Empire Road, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

Cost: R350 (includes hot breakfast)

Speakers: Denise Nicholson (education, libraries and authors? rights) and Adv. Joel Baloyi (music)

To book: email Melissa.Moodley at wits.ac.za

Tel. +27 (0)11 717 4598 - Fax: 086 553 6279 - Mobile: +27 (0)83 544 8613

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/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright...

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:42:26 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 April 2011
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

There's more to life than copyright

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2011/04/07/theres-more-to-life-t
han-copyright/

Nigeria: A Case For Multiple Collecting Societies For The Nigerian
Entertainment Industry

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=102580&email_access=on

The Rio Papers (CopySouth)

http://copysouth.org/portal/theriopapers

A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books
Settlement

http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/guideiv-final-1.pdf

Shakespeare and Copyright

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2011/02/18/shakespeare-and-copyr
ight/

Why DRM is like Airport Security

http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/04/07/why-drm-is-like-airport-sec
urity/

HarperCollins Wavering on Library e-Book Checkout Restrictions

http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/harpercollins-wavering-on-library
-ebook-checkout-restrictions_b8868

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

What is an Author to do?

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2010/09/07/what-is-an-author-to-
do/

What everybody knows

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2010/08/27/what-everybody-knows/

Open Access as Humanitarian Aid

http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/oa-as-humanitarian-aid.sh
tml

Library eBooks Come to the Blackberry

http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/you-can-now-read-library-ebooks-o
n-your-blackberry_b8818

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Apr 15 12:20:37 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:20:37 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 15 April 2011
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Tim O'Reilly: e-Books without DRM sell just fine

http://wealth.net/ethical-capitalism/tim-oreilly-e-books-without-drm-sel
l-just-fine

Academia in the age of digital reproducibility

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2011/04/academia-in-the-age-of-digital-reprod
ucibility/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication

e-Books' Varied Formats make Citations a Mess for Scholars

http://chronicle.com/article/E-Books-Varied-Formats-Maek/126246

Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011 (download)

http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-information-technology-report-2010
-2011-0?fo=1

Electronic Theses and Dissertations in the News

http://blogs.tdl.org/tamu-scholarly-communication/2011/04/04/electronic-
theses-and-dissertations-in-the-news/

COAR releases Open Access policy kit

http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=62&M=News&PID=147&New
sID=113

Recent Scholarship about Open Access Publishing

http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/recent-scholarship-about-open-acce
ss-publishing/32471

Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography

http://www.digital-scholarship.org/tsp/w/librarygeneral.htm

A Digital Library Better than Google's

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/opinion/24darnton.html?_r=1

e-Books should take a page from music industry

http://thestamfordtimes.com/story/502912

The public has embraced Facebook - and so should public services

http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2011/apr/06/social-netw
orks-public-sector

Open Access as Humanitarian Aid: in Times of Disaster and Every Day

http://intechweb.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/open-access-as-humanitarian-ai
d-in-times-of-disaster-and-every-day/

Digitization and Preservation:

New Roles for Research Libraries: Digital Curation for Preservation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrys17cfg-c

Indian National Preservation Policy

http://cjnewsind.blogspot.com/2011/04/indian-national-digital-preservati
on.html

Vat on Books:

No support from Treasury for zero-rated books

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article983433.ece/No-support-from-Treas
ury-for-zero-rated-books

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
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