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From: denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:10:08 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] 2 April 2012
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======== COPYRIGHT & A2K ISSUES - 2 APRIL 2012 ===============================

*Protection of State Information Bill (South Africa)*

Varsities ?no? to Info Bill

http://bit.ly/HetTUK http://bit.ly/HetTUK

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*Intellectual Property*

UK Publishers Association Outraged It Wasn't Consulted Ahead Of The Public
Over Open Access To Publicly-Funded Research

http://bit.ly/Hz313Y http://bit.ly/Hz313Y

EU Extension of Copyright Protection for Sound Recordings: a Blessing or
Blunder?

http://bit.ly/HAeDCC http://bit.ly/HAeDCC

Urgent: Defend a Balanced UK Approach to Copyright

http://bit.ly/Ha1Ofi http://bit.ly/Ha1Ofi

Harry Potter Breaks e-Book Lockdown

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/03/27/harry_potter_break...
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/03/27/harry_potter_break...

?Articles opposing?ACTA:

James Love (USA) ? http://keionline.org/node/1369
http://keionline.org/node/1369

Peter Yu (USA) ? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1624813
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1624813

Andrew Rens (South Africa) ? http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.7.pdf
http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.7.pdf

Matthew Rimmer (Australia) ? http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/109/
http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/109/

EFF (USA) ?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/we-have-every-right-be-furious-abo...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/we-have-every-right-be-furious-abo...
https://www.eff.org/issues/acta https://www.eff.org/issues/acta

Michael Geist (Canada) ? http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6356/125/
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6356/125/and
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6396/125
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6396/125

Michael Lee (Australai) ?
http://www.zdnet.com.au/australia-doesnt-need-acta-academics-339334442.htm
http://www.zdnet.com.au/australia-doesnt-need-acta-academics-339334442.htm

Sean Flynn (USA) ?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1982091
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1982091

Various Articles on ACTA ?
http://www.auilr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132&It...
http://www.auilr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132&It...

Olivia Solon (UK) ?
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/24/acta-101?page=all
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-01/24/acta-101?page=all

David Levine ? (USA) - http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.8.pdf
http://www.auilr.org/pdf/26/26.3.8.pdf

IFLA Position Paper ?
http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-position-on-the-anti-counterfeitin...
http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-position-on-the-anti-counterfeitin...

Commissioner Karel De Gucht (EU Commission) ?
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=778
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=778

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*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:*

Wellcome Trust suggests institutional responsibility for open access
compliance

http://bit.ly/H6t4P7 http://bit.ly/H6t4P7

Why Google Scholar has Trouble Indexing Institutional Repositories

http://bit.ly/HBP7b7 http://bit.ly/HBP7b7

As Google acts, the question is: have we lost our privacy to the internet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/03/internet-privacy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/03/internet-privacy

World Bank Gets Open ? Google Not So Much

http://www.owen.org/blog/5064 http://www.owen.org/blog/5064

Peter Suber?s ?Promoting Open Access in the Humanities? ? Eight Years
Later

http://bit.ly/H9laFr http://bit.ly/H9laFr

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*Conference alerts:*

4th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP 2012)

19-21 September 2012, Budapest Hungary

http://oaspa.org/coasp/index.php http://oaspa.org/coasp/index.php

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Regards
Denise
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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://www.wits.ac.za/library
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...

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My LibGuides:
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Scholarly_Research_Resources
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ClimateChange
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From denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Apr 12 14:17:39 2012
From: denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:17:39 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] 11 April 2012
Message-ID: <20120412121739.6B03B40F5F@VM00dc02ab01a9za1.rsawebcloud.com>

Hi All,

This is a free international online service covering topics such as
copyright, authors? rights, plagiarism, traditional knowledge, digitisation
and library matters, open access, access to knowledge (A2K), scholarly
research and communication, issues affecting persons with sensory
disabilities, open education and m-learning, mobile technologies and social
networking, conference alerts, useful websites and legislation affecting
access to information. ?

For information about this service or its Archives, or to
subscribe/unsubscribe , please email KerryA at africanlii.org
mailto:kerrya at africanlii.org. The Archives can be found at
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To access the Archives of my previous mailing list, see:
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======== COPYRIGHT & A2K ISSUES - 11 APRIL 2012 ==============================

*Intellectual Property*

Publishers Sue as Boundless Nabs $8M For An Open Alternative To Textbooks

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/publishers-sue-as-boundless-nabs-8m/
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/publishers-sue-as-boundless-nabs-8m/

http://bit.ly/Hzk9qZ???
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/3-major-publishers-sue-open-educa...

Pinterest Copyright Issues Could Spur Changes To Terms Of Use And ?Pin
Etiquette?

http://tcrn.ch/IqR5gg???

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*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:*

Funding Giant Toughens Support for Open Publishing

http://bit.ly/HKheoF???

Open Access to Scientific Information Policy Guidelines Released by UNESCO

http://bit.ly/HKhgx1???

http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu/2012/04/unesco-open-access-policy-guidelines.html
http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu/2012/04/unesco-open-access-policy-guidelines.html

Government backs calls for research data to be made freely available (UK)

http://bit.ly/HAQKsC???

World Bank Announces Open Access Policy, Will Require Research to Be
Published Under Creative Commons Licenses

http://infojustice.org/archives/9463 http://infojustice.org/archives/9463

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*Traditional Knowledge*

Traditional Knowledge Bulletin

http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2012/04/
http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2012/04/

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*I will be away on leave from 13 April to 1 May 2012 so there will be no
newsletters during that period.*

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Regards
Denise
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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://www.wits.ac.za/library
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...

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My LibGuides:
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Scholarly_Research_Resources
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ClimateChange
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/WIREDSPACE
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6...
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Mobile_Technologies
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