Copyright & A2K Issues - 23 November 2018

23 November 2018 · Denise Nicholson

This is a free online international Information Service covering various topics, including copyright, plagiarism and other IP matters, Open Access, open publishing, open learning resources, institutional repositories, scholarly communication, digitization and library matters, mobile technologies, issues affecting access to knowledge (A2K), particularly in developing countries; WTO and WIPO treaties and matters; Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS Plus; useful websites, conference alerts, etc. Archives are available at: http://www.africanlii.org/content/copyright-a2k-information . If you would like to subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, this newsletter, please do so at: http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/copyrightanda2kinfo or email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za only (N.B. PLEASE DO NOT SEND TO WHOLE MAILING LIST)

Intellectual Property:

South Africa: University Life And Intellectual Property

http://www.mondaq.com/southafrica/x/745540/Trademark/University+Life+And+Intellectual+Property

South Africa: Spirit Of The Law - Copyright Protection In The Digital Era Of Publishing (Video)

https://bit.ly/2r9Cyod

African Civil Society Outcry Over ARIPO’s Closed Decision-Making on Health and IP

http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/11/22/african-civil-society-outcry-aripos-closed-decision-making-health-ip/

Amendments To The Intellectual Property Act In Kenya

http://www.mondaq.com/x/757338/Patent/Amendments+To+The+Intellectual+Property+Act+In+Kenya

Canada: Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 1: Access Copyright’s Inconsistent Claims on the Legal Effect of the 2012 Fair Dealing Reforms

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/11/misleading-on-fair-dealing-part-1/

Canada: Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 2: Why Access Copyright’s Claim of 600 Million Uncompensated Copies Doesn’t Add Up

https://bit.ly/2OWvt3z

Canada: Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 3: Data Shows Books Are Rapidly Declining as Part of Coursepack Materials

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/11/misleading-on-fair-dealing-part-3/

Canada: Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 4: The Shift from Coursepacks to Digital Course Management Systems

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/11/misleading-on-fair-dealing-part-4/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences

https://bit.ly/2Aiqsgo

Addressing the Crisis in Academic Publishing

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/world-view/addressing-crisis-academic-publishing

Funders have all the power in OA negotiations. So why aren’t they using it?

https://svpow.com/2013/06/19/funders-have-all-the-power-in-oa-negotiations-so-why-arent-they-using-it/

Elsevier: putting a price on knowledge

https://www.ei-ie.org/en/detail/16061/elsevier-putting-a-price-on-knowledge

The Global Benefits of Open Research

file:///C:/Users/00658018/Downloads/The%20Global%20Benefits%20of%20%20Open%20Research.pdf

Open Access Book Publishing and Selection Bias

https://www.lepublikateur.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Open-Access-Book-Publishing-and-Selection-Bias_Kn%C3%B6chelmann.pdf

Digital Publishing – Four Apps that will benefit Journalists

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/digital-publishing-four-apps-that-will-benefit-every-journalist/

What Is the Best Type of Open Access for Philosophy and Other Humanities Disciplines? (guest post by Roberta Millstein)

http://dailynous.com/2018/09/20/best-type-open-access-philosophy-humanities-disciplines-guest-post-roberta-millstein/

Conference Alerts:

International Digital Curation Conference,

4-7 Australia, 2019 - Melbourne, Australia

https://www.cni.org/news/international-digital-curation-conference-melbourne-australia-feb-4-7-2019

The Creative Commons Global Summit

9-11 May 2019 - Lisbon, Portugal, 9-11 May 2019.

https://creativecommons.org/2018/11/21/cc-summit-registration-is-now-open

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