Copyright & A2K Issues - 26 May 2020

27 May 2020 · 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 email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za . (N.B. PLEASE DO NOT SEND TO WHOLE MAILING LIST)

Intellectual Property:

Why “Intellectual Property” is a Misnomer

https://www.niskanencenter.org/new-paper-why-intellectual-property-is-a-misnomer/

80 Academics urge President Ramaphosa to expedite changes to SA’s patent laws

https://bit.ly/3bUPhQm

Patent Rights and Wrongs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: EU and U.S. Approaches to Compulsory Licensing

https://bit.ly/2z8J0n1

New Policy Paper on Fundamental Rights as a Limit to Copyright during Emergencies

http://infojustice.org/archives/42356

Data Mining under the revised Swiss Copyright Act

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=fc874515-d63a-4d05-aa60-fd06c9e19fa6

Reversion laws: what’s happening elsewhere in the world?

https://bit.ly/36jH6ff

What If we could reimage copyright?

https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n2190/pdf/book.pdf

Copyright Enforcement in the Digital Age: When the Remedy is the Wrong

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3374048

Protecting Exceptions against Contract Override - A Review of Provisions for Libraries

https://bit.ly/2WR1lOd

Copyright L&E for nonprofit performance of music, found constitutional

https://bit.ly/2A20rFB

Every Melody has been copyrighted and they are now released into the public domain

https://bit.ly/2zaDGj0

Article 13 of the New EU Copyright Directive: What Future For Content Creators And Fair Use On YouTube?

https://bit.ly/2XbqsKz

Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation in the Time of the Corona Epidemic

http://infojustice.org/archives/42291

The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 48: Sam Trosow and Lisa Macklem on Copyright and Fair Dealing During a Pandemic

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2020/04/lawbytes-podcast-episode-48/

How Did Fair Use Get into the Korean Copyright Act?

http://infojustice.org/archives/42342

WIPO Responds to Call to Act With New Tools on IP/COVID

http://infojustice.org/archives/42338

New Leadership at WIPO

https://www.eifl.net/blogs/new-leadership-wipo

Beyond the Marrakesh VIP Treaty: Typology of copyright access‐enabling provisions for persons

with disabilities - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jwip.12144

Know Your Rights as an Author in Open Access Publications

https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1354&context=numeracy

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