Intellectual Property:

Why ‘fair use’ is so important for SA copyright law

https://techcentral.co.za/why-fair-use-is-so-important-for-sa-copyright-law/85448/

“Fair Use” does not conflict with Berne

https://bit.ly/2PGrDkl

South Africa: Intellectual Property And The Shape Of Things

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?article_id=758062&email_access=on

Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 5: The Multi-Million Dollar Educational Investment in E-Book Licensing

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/11/misleading-on-fair-dealing-part-5-the-multi-million-dollar-educational-investment-in-e-book-licensing/

MYTH:  Fair use decimated educational publishing in Canada

http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/copyright-law-reform/current/myth-fair-use-decimated-educational-publishing-in-canada

New Exemptions to DMCA Section 1201 Are Welcome, But Don’t Go Far Enough [EF

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/new-exemptions-dmca-section-1201-are-welcome-dont-go-far-enough

Communia endorses Treaty on Education and Research, and asks others to follow suit

https://www.communia-association.org/2018/11/21/communia-endorses-treaty-education-research-asks-others-follow-suit/

WIPO Working Toward Agreement To Finish Broadcasting Treaty This Week

http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/11/26/wipo-working-toward-agreement-finish-broadcasting-treaty-week/

The First Software Licensing Agreement and its Relationship with Copyright Law

https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2018/11/14/the-first-software-licensing-agreement-and-its-relationship-with-copyright-law

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Study sheds light on scourge of fake news in Africa

https://theconversation.com/study-sheds-light-on-scourge-of-fake-news-in-africa-106946

Africa Capacity Report 2017 - Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation https://elibrary.acbfpact.org/acbf/collect/acbf/index/assoc/HASH01ad/e44e7241/b749d69a/1a6c.dir/ACR2017%20English.pdf

Opting out is not an option: Why all academic librarians must understand open access

https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/22538

Scholarly publishing: EUA asks European Commission to investigate lack of competition

https://eua.eu/news/188:scholarly-publishing-eua-asks-european-commission-to-investigate-lack-of-competition.html

The EU Open Access Fight Continues

http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/11/13/the-eu-open-access-fight-continues

A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we’re about to find out how we use our time

https://theconversation.com/a-decade-after-the-invention-of-the-smartphone-were-about-to-find-out-how-we-use-our-time-107195

Assessing and supporting journal publishing practices in the Global South

http://blog.inasp.info/assessing-supporting-journal-publishing-practices-global-south/

The OA Interviews: Frances Pinter

https://poynder.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-oa-interviews-frances-pinter.html

Turning FAIR Into Reality

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/turning_fair_into_reality_1.pdf

LIBSENSE Survey on Open Access Repositories & Librarians’ Roles - Ubuntunet Alliance Region

https://www.dropbox.com/s/155fokahpl0tleb/UA%20Interim%20Survey%20Report_Final-20181119.pdf?dl=0

 

Research and Open Science:

Draft White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation neglects to prioritise issues of performance and human capability (SA)

file:///C:/Users/00658018/Downloads/5679-Main%20document-29172-1-10-20181126.pdf

Open Science Is Liberating and Can Foster Creativity

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691618767878

A Layered Framework for Considering Open Science Practices

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08824096.2018.1513273

The European Open Science Cloud is officially launched

https://eosc-hub.eu/news/european-open-science-cloud-officially-launched

The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud

https://eosc-launch.eu/declaration/

 

Conference Alert:

Science Forum (no registration fee)

12-14 December 2018 – CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa

https://www.sfsa.co.za/programme/