Copyright & A2K Issues - 13 February 2012

13 February 2012 · Denise Nicholson

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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

African IP Forum (Responses from NGOs)

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

Rep. Doyle Introduces Bill To Provide

http://bit.ly/ADx6Yq

The Other Academic Freedom Movement

http://bit.ly/ADx6Yq

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

http://bit.ly/AczFnZ

We Want Better Access, Not Worse

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/02/09/2650923/we-want-better-access-not-worse.html

Wits Copyright Guidelines

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

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

Resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

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-funded-research-reignites-open-access-debates

Open Access Resources

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/

Open Educational Resources (Wits)

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/

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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