Intellectual Property:

South Africa:

The New Draft Copyright Bill Could Help Unlock the Doors of Learning and Culture (South Africa)

https://mg.co.za/article/2019-08-19-00-the-new-draft-copyright-bill-could-help-unlock-the-doors-of-learning-and-culture

Proposed Legislation Will Benefit Musicians Significantly – Deputy Minister Gina

https://www.thedti.gov.za/editmedia.jsp?id=5957

Decolonising Copyright (Seminar at Wits on 7 August 2019)

https://youtu.be/EZ88A0wwp-g

Decolonising Copyright: Building Our Creative and Information Economy

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2019/08/decolonising-copyright-building-our.html

Final Version of the SA Copyright Amendment Bill

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/c.php?g=145331&p=6597157

Commonly asked questions about the SA Copyright Bill

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/FAQs_CAB;

Genesis and Process of SA Copyright Bill

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/Bill_Genesis_Process and

Fair Use/Fair Dealing

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

South Africa: Considering A Rebrand? The Copyright Conundrum

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=836718&email_access=on

 

Other:

Can’t Get Away From Fair Use

http://policynotes.arl.org/?p=1643

The Impact of Copyright Exceptions for Researchers on Scholarly Input

http://infojustice.org/archives/41292

How protecting intellectual property can impact on human rights

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0618/1056086-how-protecting-intellectual-property-can-impact-on-human-rights/

Linking Liability

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/16/legal-questions-raised-over-links-sci-hub

The Right to Read is the Right To Mine: But Not When Blocked by Technical Protection Measures

https://bit.ly/2Z5lWB2

Why Carl Malamud's Latest Brilliant Project, To Mine The World's Research Papers, Is Based In India

https://bit.ly/2P3pwHv

Collective Management of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in Canada: An International Perspective

file:///C:/Users/00658018/Documents/Collective_Management_of_Copyright_and_N.pdf

Copyright exceptions not extended by freedom of expression rights (EU)

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/copyright-exceptions-not-extended-by-freedom-of-expression-rights

Educators’ Unions in Australia and the EU Call For Education to be Carved out of Trade Negotiations

http://infojustice.org/archives/41479

 

Plagiarism

Google’s ‘Assignments’ tool flags plagiarism and missing sources

https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/14/google-assignments-tool-flags-plagiarism-and-missing-sources/

Plagiarism resources

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing

 

Conference alerts:

Triple Helix – A Catalyst for Change

9-11 September 2019 – Cape Town, South Africa

https://triple-helix.co.za/

 

LIASA Conference 2019 - LIASA: the butterfly effect

30 September – 4 October 2019 – Durban, South Africa

https://www.liasa.org.za/page/2019conf

 

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Library Practices

23-26 October 2019 – Johannesburg, South Africa

https://www.uj.ac.za/library/conference