Copyright & A2K Issues - 21 May 2020

28 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 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:

EU Joins in the Bullying Of South Africa for Daring to Adopt US-Style Fair Use Principles

https://bit.ly/3d3vL5P

Open letter to the EU Ambassador to South Africa on Copyright Laws

https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/open-letter-eu-ambassador-south-africa-copyright-laws

Open letter to President Ramaphosa on South African copyright laws

https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/open-letter-president-ramaphosa-south-african-copyright-laws

United States still looking to ‘punish’ South Africa for Copyright Bill

https://bit.ly/36hLMSS

FOIA: Film industry lobbies South Africa’s Parliament to suspend Copyright Amendment Bill

https://www.keionline.org/33212

IAEA denounces industry attempts to sway key copyright reform in South Africa

https://uniglobalunion.org/news/iaea-denounces-industry-attempts-sway-key-copyright-reform-south-africa

Documents and related resources on USTR review re: SA Copyright Amendment Bill

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

South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill – One Year On

http://infojustice.org/archives/42212

LIASA Supports UNESCO Initiative and SA Copyright Amendment Bill

https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.liasa.org.za/resource/resmgr/statements/wbd_2020.pdf

Why South Africa Should Resist US Pressure to Extend Copyright Terms

https://bit.ly/2TqvzFM

New policy paper on fundamental rights as a limit to copyright during emergencies

https://bit.ly/2TqvdPs

Federal Court of Appeal Deals Access Copyright Huge Blow As It Overturns York University Copyright Decision (Canada)

https://bit.ly/2TppHN9

Education in Times of Crisis and Beyond: Maximizing Copyright Flexibilities

https://bit.ly/2TrrKA4

Copyright, Creative Commons, and Confusion

https://bit.ly/2ZsScgz

Online Learning and Copyright Exceptions for Education

http://infojustice.org/archives/42200

The Digital Public Domain

https://www.academia.edu/2715811/The_Digital_Public_Domain?email_work_card=view-paper

Libraries Do Not Need Permission to Lend Books: Fair Use, First Sale, and the Fallacy of Licensing Culture

https://bit.ly/2Zo7SSn

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