Intellectual Property:

Breaking Down the New EU Copyright Bill: Article 13

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2018/07/03/breaking-down-the-new-eu-copyright-bill-article-13/

Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at EU copyright law

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44696302

New EU Copyright Law: Will Upload Filters Destroy the Internet as we Know it?

https://www.dw.com/en/new-eu-copyright-law-will-upload-filters-destroy-the-internet-as-we-know-it/a-44354310

An EU copyright law threatens to kill memes for everyone

https://globalnews.ca/news/4294741/memes-eu-copyright-law-gifs-infringement/

EU copyright reforms draw fire from internet luminaries as key vote looms

https://bit.ly/2KvpOA5

False Positives, Real Problem – The Limits of Filtering as a Solution to Copyright Infringement

https://bit.ly/2KzVnJg

The Copyright Extension That Isn’t

https://bit.ly/2KjkVOz

The Biggest Difference Between Plagiarism And Copyright

https://bit.ly/2N7U8T6

 

Marrakesh Treaty for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons

KEI statement on Senate Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty for Blind

https://www.keionline.org/28242

Marrakesh Treaty Resources

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/Marrakesh_Treaty

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

African scientists launch their own preprint server

https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/african-scientists-launch-their-own-preprint

British Library to develop shared open access repository services

https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2018/july/shared-research-repository-announcement

Guest Post: Is the Research Article Immune to Innovation?

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/07/03/guest-post-research-article-immune-innovation/?informz=1

SSRN launches Preprints with The Lancet, a new preprint series for sharing early stage health and medical research

http://www.knowledgespeak.com/newsArchieveviewdtl.asp?pickUpBatch=3469

Elsevier are corrupting open science in Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2018/jun/29/elsevier-are-corrupting-open-science-in-europe

UN Food and Agriculture Organization launches Open Access for all publications

https://envnewsbits.info/2018/06/27/un-food-and-agriculture-organization-launches-open-access-for-all-publications/

Global OA APCs (APC) 2010–2017: Major Trends Heather Morrison

https://elpub.episciences.org/4604/pdf

It’s time to stand up to the academic publishing industry

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/time-stand-academic-publishing-industry/

 

Data Management

Standards for data sharing in sight (Australia)

https://www.governmentnews.com.au/2018/06/standards-for-data-sharing-in-sight/

Data Management and related Resources

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration/DataManagementResources

 

Conference Alerts:

Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure

June 22-24 2018 - University of Toronto, Toronto Canada

http://elpub.net

Stellenbosch University 15th Annual Library Symposium - Stellenbosch Institute for Advance Studies (STIAS)

15-16 November 2018 – Stellenbosch, W. Cape, South Africa

http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/sulis_symp15/SUALS15