Intellectual Property:

WIPO Copyright Committee: 24th meeting opens with discussions on copyright flexibilities
http://www.ifla.org/en/news/wipo-copyright-committee-24th-meeting-opens-with-discussions-on-copyright-flexibilities

'IP Attaché' bill would post copyright officers across the globe

http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/ip-attache-bill-would-post-copyright-officers-across-globe-879039

http://mashable.com/2012/07/13/sopa-author-tinkering-with-global-u-s-copyright-officers/

ACTA Lives: How the EU & Canada Are Using CETA as Backdoor Mechanism To Revive ACTA

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6580/135/

Has Canada Effectively Shifted from Fair Dealing to Fair Use?

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6589/125/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Government to open up publicly funded research (UK)

http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/52396

Publishers allowing the deposition of their published version/PDF in Institutional Repositories

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/PDFandIR.php?la=en

Towards a new Alexandria

http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/toward-new-alexandria

Growing knowledge: Access to research in east and southern African universities http://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/sites/default/files/arc_pub_africanconnectivity_theassociationofcommonwealthunis_0.pdf

 

Conference alerts:

LIASA 14thAnnual Conference

1-5 October 2012, Durban, South Africa

http://liasa.org.za/node/716

Berlin 10 Open Access Conference

6-8 November 2012 - Stellenbosch, South Africa

http://www.berlin10.org/