[Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 6 February 2012

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Intellectual Property:

TPP Follows ACTA, Twitter Calls It World War Web

http://www.webpronews.com/tpp-sopa-pipa-2012-02

Why Boycott Elsevier

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2012/01/31/why-boycott-elsevier/

Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/elsevier-publishing-boycott-gathe
rs-steam-among-academics/35216

Protection of Information Bill:

Tribunal Seeks Chapter and Verse on Print Media

http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/editorials/2012/02/01/tribunal-seeks-
chapter-and-verse-on-print-media

ANCs Media Tribunal - Parliament May Have Oversight

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANCs-media-tribunal-Parliamen
t-may-have-oversight-20120131-2

Better Self-Policing, or Independent Media Regulator

http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/better-self-policing-or-independent-
media-regulator-1.1224784

Press Regulation Could Affect Future Digital Freedoms

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Press-regulation-could-affect
-future-digital-freedoms-20120131-2

Ways to Control Press Mooted

http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/ways-to-control-press-mooted-1.122468
8

ANC's Big Guns Aimed at Media

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/02/01/anc-s-big-guns-aimed-at-medi
a

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Academic e-Books : Innovation and Transition

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/
article/50486-academic-e-books-innovation-and-transition.html

Libraries save academics time, says new report

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2012/02/libraries.aspx

Tiptoeing toward the tipping point : peer to peer review

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/opinion/barbara-fister/tiptoeing-to
ward-the-tipping-point-peer-to-peer-review/

Summary of contributions to the WSIS Forum 2012 open consultation

http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/file/read/449943/summary-of-contributio
ns-to-the-wsis-forum-2012-open-consultation

SPARC Open Access Meeting, March 2012

http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=94

Mobile Technologies & Social Networking

LibGuide on Introduction to Mobile Technologies & Social Networking

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Mobile_Technologies

Social Networking: Open Is The New Closed

http://informationweek.com/news/telecom/unified_communications/232500811

Faculty of 1000 Introduced a Novel Open Access Publishing Venture

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/faculty-of-1000-introduces-a-novel-open
-access-publishing-venture-f1000-research-2012-01-31

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http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues

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http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

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http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing

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n

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Feb 7 15:22:22 2012
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:22:22 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 7 February 2012
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Intellectual Property

Why an International Trade Agreement Could Be as Bad as SOPA

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/why-an-internation
al-trade-agreement-could-be-as-bad-as-sopa/252552/

IP Conference in Cape Town, South Africa (April 2012)

http://www.ifrro.org/events/africa-ip-forum-intellectual-property-region
al-integration-and-economic-growht-africa

(NGOs, library communities and other A2K stakeholders around the world
are objecting to the biased Agenda of this IP Conference.

It does not include the Development Agenda, Treaty Proposals at WIPO
(especially the proposal by the Africa Group (including South Africa)

for limitations and exceptions for libraries, archives and education,
all of which promote access to knowledge and contribute towards and
impact positively

on economies, as well as many other issues pertinent to developing
countries).

See: Intellectual Property Propaganda -
http://africasacountry.com/2012/02/03/intellectual-property-propaganda/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication

African Legal Information Institute

http://www.africanlii.org/

The impact of open access on research and scholarship

Reflections on the Berlin 9 Open Access Conference

http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/2/83.full

Persons with Sensory-Disabilities

Minister Applauds Sky TV's closed captioning

http://au.news.yahoo.com/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/12791029/minist
er-applauds-sky-tv-s-closed-captioning

Conferences alerts:

International Open Access Conference Poland

13-14 April 2012 - Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Collegium Medicum NCU

https://conferences.umk.pl/index.php/MKOA/IIIMKOA/pages/view/dates

Call for papers and participation

IFLA General Conference (WLIC), Helsinki, Finland, 11-17 August 2012

Access to Information Network Africa (ATINA/RAIA)

Open session : Empowering Africa's burgeoning population with access to
demographic and development information,

the world population explosion and access to the information needed to
achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa

Proposals for papers must normally be submitted by e-mail. The deadline
for submitting proposals is 31 March 2012, but earlier

submission would be appreciated at any time after 15 February. Paper
proposals should be sent to

* Frank Kirkwood in Canada at
kirkwood.professional at sympatico.ca , with copies sent to

* Denise Rosemary Nicholson in South Africa at
Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za, and to

* Abraham Azubuike at aazubuike at yahoo.com

In the e-mail subject line please indicate: "ATINA Helsinki 2012
proposal".

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa

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My LibGuides:

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Scholarly_Research_Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuratio
n

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ClimateChange

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/WIREDSPACE

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*Intellectual Property*

Canadian Government Has Consulted on Copyright but Won't Consider How Its Law
Will Be Enforced

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6311/125
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6311/125

African IP Forum (Responses from NGOs)

http://www.eifl.net/africa-ip-forum http://www.eifl.net/africa-ip-forum

Rep. Doyle Introduces Bill To Provide?

http://bit.ly/ADx6Yq http://bit.ly/ADx6Yq

The Other Academic Freedom Movement

http://bit.ly/ADx6Yq http://bit.ly/ADx6Yq

Proposal for a New Model Giving Rights to Online Sharing of Content

http://bit.ly/AczFnZ http://bit.ly/AczFnZ

We Want Better Access, Not Worse

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/02/09/2650923/we-want-better-acces...
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/02/09/2650923/we-want-better-acces...

Wits Copyright Guidelines

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues

*Resources for Persons with Sensory-Disabilities*

Resources for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired

Resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing

?*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication*

?Open Access and Interventionism

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/09/us-call-advice-publicly-fu...
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/09/us-call-advice-publicly-fu...

Open Access Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

*Open Educational Resources*

Open Educational Resources Could Make Learning Materials Less Costly and More
Accessible

http://diverseeducation.com/article/16817/
http://diverseeducation.com/article/16817/

Open Educational Resources (Wits)

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources

*Traditional Knowledge:*

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural
Expressions/Folklore

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

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*Intellectual Property:*

Top EU Court to Examine Anti-Piracy Pact

http://on.wsj.com/xGUJVy http://on.wsj.com/xGUJVy

ACTA is part of a Multi-Decade Worldwide Copyright Campaign

http://bit.ly/zgJILp http://bit.ly/zgJILp

Statement by Commissioner Karel De Gucht on ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement)

http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=778
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=778

Alternative Copyright Reform Bill Introduced in the Brazilian Chamber of
Deputies

http://infojustice.org/archives/8275 http://infojustice.org/archives/8275

Netherlands plans to make 'copyrighted material easier to use'

http://bit.ly/Azyozg??
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/17/dutch_government_to_further_libe...

Authors, Publishers and Librarians - Perspectives on Copyright Laws

http://bit.ly/wtNlxd??
http://www.copyrightlaws.com/us/authors-publishers-and-librarians-?-pers...

*Traditional Knowledge:*

Indigenous Peoples Walk Out Of WIPO Committee On Genetic Resources

http://bit.ly/y6YJ3F http://bit.ly/y6YJ3F

WIPO Achieves Single Legal Text On Genetic Resources; Indigenous Peoples Back

http://bit.ly/yUdC2J http://bit.ly/yUdC2J

*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:*

Open Access Policy Template for Scholarly Authors

http://bit.ly/xyX7PF??
http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/open-access/open-access-policies/open-acce...

Australia to make health research open access

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/21/nhmrc_going_open_access/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/21/nhmrc_going_open_access/

University of Melbourne?s Treasures Revealed

http://apps.toura.com/university-of-melbourne-library/treasures-revealed
http://apps.toura.com/university-of-melbourne-library/treasures-revealed

Prime Time for Open Access

http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/prime-time-for-public-access.shtml
http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/prime-time-for-public-access.shtml

Article Argues that Academic Libraries Should Give Up Book-By-Book-Collecting

http://bit.ly/AzqL0c http://bit.ly/AzqL0c

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