Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 May 2009

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:33:25 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 May 2009 (Part
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FYI,

Regards

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Intellectual Property:-

The report of the Gowers Review of IP: a summary for a digital curation audience

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/docs/publications/GowersSummary18Jan.pdf

InternetNZ welcomes Government Decision to Abandon Copyright Act Clause

http://blog.internetnz.net.nz/?p=260

The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1397367

Google in dispute over book project

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12265095?nclick_check=1

Google Faces Antitrust Investigation for Agreement to Digitize Millions of Books Online

http://i4.democracynow.org/2009/4/30/google_faces_antitrust_investigatio...

Trade Rep. Touts Intellectual Property

http://www.joc.com/node/411143

Special 301 Process Acclaimed By Industry, Assailed By Public Interest Groups

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=3061

Could Placing Canada on the Priority Watch List Backfire?

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MichaelGeistsBlog/~3/beqhgrLmGGc/

IP and Climate Change Negotiations: From Bali to Copenhagen, Via Pozna?

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2009/02/article_0001.html

Denise Rosemary 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
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon May 4 10:33:41 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:33:41 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 May 2009 (Part
2)
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FYI,

Regards

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Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:-

Open Access Directory celebrates its first year online
Increasing demand drives success of Open Access resources

http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0430.shtml

Sci-Mate - Sharing Ideas

http://www.sci-mate.org/wiki/index.php/About_Sci-Mate

The First Open Access Anthropology Day (1 May)

http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/

Tips and Tricks - your right to know

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sci-t
ech/03-tips-and-tricks-your-right-to-know-ss-11

Canada: Open Access : promises and challenges

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090430200134133

The open access tracking project (OATP)
<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/04/open-access-tracking-project
-oatp.html>

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/04/open-access-tracking-project-
oatp.html

ICTA2K4D - 'Information and Communication Technologies and Access to
Knowledge for Development. <http://www.stratongina.net/ICTA2K4D/about>

A model for university partnerships in the 21st century
<http://www.stratongina.net/ICTA2K4D/about>

http://www.stratongina.net/ICTA2K4D/

RefWorks launches RefMobile

http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/RefWorks-Launches-RefMobile-53540
.asp

Call for a Comprehensive National Broadband Strategy for South Africa

http://www.broadband4africa.org.za/

More on Journals which offer gratis but not libre OA

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/more-on-oa-journals-which-off
er-gratis.html

NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository

http://nopr.niscair.res.in/

Public Library of Science (PLoS) FAQ on Open Access

http://www.plos.org/about/faq.html

Denise Rosemary 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
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon May 4 11:23:05 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 11:23:05 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 May 2009 (Part 3)
- SA Regulations on IPR from Public Financed Research and
Development - deadline extended
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FYI,

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The SA Department of Science & Technology published Regulations on IPR
from Public Financed Research & Development.

See: http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=98848.

The deadline for submissions has been extended to 29 MAY 2009.

Educational institutions, libraries and other stakeholders are urged to
submit comments and/or objections to these Regulations before 29 May
2009. Submissions should be sent to the Dept. of Science & Technology,
(Attention: Tsitso Daniel Rasenyalo), Private Bag X894 Pretoria, 0001;
or to Building 53, CSIR Campus, 627 Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria
Pretoria, 0184; or Fax to No: 086 685 0663; or Email:
tsitso.rasenyalo at dst.gov.za (Attention: Tsitso Daniel Rasenyalo)

See blog items on this Bill below:-

Dealing with 'intellectual property' under uncertainty in South Africa
<http://www.dkeats.com/index.php?module=blog&action=viewsingle&postid=ge
n13Srv30Nme10_9397_1240818409&userid=1563080430>

and

Proposed new IPR Regulations are not implementable

http://www.dkeats.com/

Obama promises to 'restore science to its rightful place'
<http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray-area/2009/04/28/obama-promises-to-rest
ore-science-to-its-rightful-place>

http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray-area

Stop the Regulations with the African Commons Project

http://aliquidnovi.org/

Draft Regulations to the SA IPR from Public Financed Research &
Development

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&task=viewpost&id=188&I
temid=73&lang=en

IPR Research Regulations are unconstitutional

http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/our-work/blogs/ipr-research-regula
tions-are-unconstitutional

Denise Rosemary Nicholson (Mrs.)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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a/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon May 11 12:34:47 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:34:47 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2k Issues - 11 May 2009 (Part 2)
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FYI,

Regards

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Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

JISC 4-year roadmap for repositories
<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/jisc-4-year-roadmap-for-repo
sitories.html>

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/jisc-4-year-roadmap-for-repos
itories.html

Time Line of the Open Access Movement

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm

@Mire Labs (for Institutional Repositories')

https://atmire.com/labs/

Open Learning Resources:

Learning 2.0: The Impact of Web2.0 Innovation on Education and Training
in Europe

http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=2139

Authors Rights:

What you're asked to give away

http://everybodyslibraries.com/2009/05/08/what-youre-asked-to-give-away/

Resources for Authors

http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/

Authors' Rights Brochure

http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/SPARC_AuthorRights2006.pdf

Authors' Addenda - an Examination of Five Alternatives (2006)

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november06/hirtle/11hirtle.html

Conference alerts:

2nd Pan-African Forum on Open Education Resources (OER) and Open Access
(OA) to Scholarly Publication

E-Learning Africa Conference 2009

27 May 2009 - Dakar, Senegal, W. Africa

http://man.merlot.org/meetings/MAN%20at%20eLA2009.html

Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: Special Session at the WSIS Forum

18-22 May 2009 - Geneva, Switzerland,

http://www.ifla.org/en/events/libraries-driving-access-to-knowledge-spec
ial-session-at-the-wsis-forum

IFLA Newspapers Section and National Library of Sweden

Newspaper Conference

19-20 August 2009 - Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.kb.se/aktuellt/kurser-konferenser/konferens-seminarier/presen
tpast/

Denise Rosemary 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
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://web.wits.ac.z
a/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon May 11 12:37:53 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:37:53 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 11 May 2009
(Part 1)
Message-ID: <D1E4F8FEF09E574085C281B4EF6BA4F10125B783@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise
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Intellectual Property:

Join Us to Stop the IPR Regulations (South Africa)

http://www.africancommons.org/

Rigid enforcement of copyright laws harm consumers interests: Int'l
survey

http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=145026

Consumers International's IP Watch List 2009

http://a2knetwork.org/sites/default/files/ip-watchlist09.pdf

IFLA Committee on Copyright and Other Related Matters (website)

http://www.ifla.org/en/clm

Joint Statement from LCA, eIFL and IFLA at the WIPO Committee on
Development & IP, Third Session, 2009 (29 Apr-1 May)

http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/joint-statement-from-lca-eifl-and-if
la-at-the-wipo-committee-on-development-and-intelle

Other publication listings: http://www.ifla.org/en/node/385

Papers & Presentations: http://www.ifla.org.sg/III/clm/clm-papers.html

Copyright Information

http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm

Panel: Public Domain Fosters Innovation, More Limitations & Exceptions
Needed

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/05/08/panel-public-domain-fosters-in
novation-more-limitations-exceptions-needed/

DMCA, Fair Use and Educators

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/blogs/future_of_public_media/dmca_fa
ir_use_and_educators/

DMCA, Fair Use, Documentary Filmmakers and Remixers

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/blogs/future_of_public_media/dmca_fa
ir_use_documentary_filmmakers_and_remixers/

E-textbooks vs. Kindle DX: What will college kids pick?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10235937-1.html

Denise Rosemary Nicholson (Mrs.)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
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<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://web.wits.ac.z
a/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu May 14 10:19:48 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:19:48 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 14 May 2009
Message-ID: <D1E4F8FEF09E574085C281B4EF6BA4F10128C9BB@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:-

Kenneth Crews: On Protecting Your Scholarship

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/kenneth-crews-on-protecting-your-scholarsh
ip/18008993#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwLnaMWECOw

Key Findings: Profiles of Best Practices in Academic Library
Interlibrary Loan

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/05/11/key-findings-profiles-of-best-pr
actices-in-academic-library-interlibrary-loan/

WERF Adopts Open Access Policy on Final Reports

http://4sustainability.blogspot.com/2009/05/werf-werf-adopts-open-access
-policy-for.html\
<http://4sustainability.blogspot.com/2009/05/werf-werf-adopts-open-acces
s-policy-for.html/>

Open Book Publishers - a new approach to academic publishing

http://www.openbookpublishers.com/

Repositories at UCT (South Africa)

http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/gray-area/2009/04/14/repositories-at-uct

Intellectual Property:

Argentina Copyright Case Brings Access To Education Into The Spotlight

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/05/12/argentina-copyright-case-bring
s-access-to-education-into-the-spotlight/

French Parliament Seals Restrictive Internet Anti-Piracy Law; Reaction
Expected

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/05/13/french-parliament-seals-restri
ctive-internet-anti-piracy-law-reaction-expected/

The World is going flat (rate)

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/05/11/the-world-is-going-flat-rate/

Kindle leaves the blind out in the cold

http://www.healthnews.com/blogs/nicki/natural-health/kindle-leaves-the-b
lind-out-cold-again-3083.html

U.S. and Europe Talking Tougher on Net Neutrality

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MichaelGeistsBlog/~3/ko5VYVAdhvA/

Intellectual Property - the British Library's Perspective

http://www.bl.uk/ip/

Digital is not different : maintaining balance in copyright

http://www.bl.uk/ip/pdf/digitalexceptions.pdf

Copyright for Education and Research

http://www.bl.uk/ip/pdf/copyrightresearchreport.pdf

The Google Settlement : Are you In or Are you Out?

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=79108&email_access=on

Conference alerts:

Preserving the Cultural Legacy of Serials

>From Conservation (Print & Manuscript) to Reformatting (many formats) to
Digital (Bytes)

19-21 August 2009, Bolzano, Italy

http://www.library.yale.edu/socrspre2009/

LIASA 11th Annual Conference (South Africa)

Theme: Library and Information Services on the move

28 September - 2 October 2009

Bloemfontein, South Africa

www.liasa.org

Denise Rosemary Nicholson (Mrs.)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri May 15 11:22:06 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:22:06 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 15 May 2009 (Part 1)
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FYI,

Regards

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Intellectual Property:

Kindle owners start to lose text-to-speech on purchased books -- how do
DRM-free Kindle books work?

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/14/kindle-owners-start.html

ALA Warns Libraries: Google's Calling, So Here are Questions: Libraries
should press Google about pricing, privacy, censorship

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6658504.html?nid=2673&source=tit
le&rid=2070593199

Pirated pop keeps stars popular

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