PLEASE NOTE: I WILL BE ATTENDING CONFERENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA BETWEEN 11-23 AUGUST 2015, SO THERE WILL NO NEWSLETTERS DURING THAT PERIOD.
Intellectual Property:
Anatomy of Copyright Coup - Jamaica's Public Domain Plundered
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/anatomy-copyright-coup-jamaicas-public-domain-plundered
The Economic Impact of Copyright – Public Knowledge
https://www.publicknowledge.org/files/TPP%20Econ%20Presentation.pdf
Copyright Term Myths and Facts
http://policynotes.arl.org/?p=26
Copyright Terms and Extensions
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/Copyright_Terms_and_Extensions
Malaysia doesn’t need another 20 years of copyright
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/malaysia-doesnt-need-another-20-years-copyright
Copyright Term Extensions and the Public Domain
https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/copyrightterms_fnl.pdf
Stephen Harper extended music copyright to please US record industry lobbyist
http://boingboing.net/2015/05/15/stephen-harper-extended-music.html
Canadian Filmmaker Fears for Creative Freedom Under the TPP
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/tpp-leaks-reveal-blows-creative-freedom-says-filmmaker
The TPP Copyright Chapter Leaks: Canada May Face Website Blocking, New Criminal Provisions & Term Extension
TPP Leaks Shows US Stands Firm That Companies Should Be Free To Abuse Patents & Copyrights
Analysis of August 2015 Leaked TPP Text on Copyright, ISP and General Provisions
http://policynotes.arl.org/?p=1146
Copyright Exceptions and the Use of Educational Materials in Universities in Kenya
http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JLPG/article/viewFile/24469/25045
Defining a public domain for copyright and data legislation at the European Parliament
The anti-counterfeiting trade agreement: the ethical analysis of a failure, and its lessons
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-015-9374-9/fulltext.html
Google refuses French order to apply "right to be forgotten" globally
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/30/google-france-idUSL5N10A52V20150730
Access and Persons with Disabilities:
Mexico Ratifies Marrakesh Treaty
http://policynotes.arl.org/?p=1140
Resources for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
The Google Impact Challenge:
https://www.google.org/impactchallenge/disabilities/#looking-for
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication
Launch of new open access health sciences research repository for Africa
Coalition Calls on White House to Open Up Access to Federally Funded Educational Resources
UN: Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Finalised Text
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/7891TRANSFORMING%20OUR%20WORLD.pdf
eBooks and eLending:
eBook Lending Won’t Put Dent in Book Sales
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/06/ebook-lending-wont-put-big-dent-book-sales
Ebooks are unfamiliar waters for digital pirates, according to UK survey
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/24/ebook-pirate-uk-statistics-2015
Predatory Publishing Practices:
Jeffrey Beall and Blacklists
http://blog.scielo.org/en/2015/08/04/jeffrey-beall-and-blacklists/
How researchers can protect themselves from publishing and conference scams
Conference alerts:
Digitisation Across the Disciplines (DIGADI 2015)
1 December 2015 – Johannesburg/Pretoria region, South Africa