Aug
28
2019
Copyright & A2K Issues - 28 August 2019
Intellectual Property:
Does the South African Copyright Bill Promote Plagiarism?
http://infojustice.org/archives/41511
Decolonising SA’s Copyright Law
Intellectual Property:
Does the South African Copyright Bill Promote Plagiarism?
http://infojustice.org/archives/41511
Decolonising SA’s Copyright Law
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Two Kenyan cabinet ministers have been barred from giving further land to squatters or awarding any more tenders for illegal development structures in one of that country’s pristine national parks.
The urgent interdict was granted by the environment and land court earlier this month when Judge Enock Chirchir Cherono dealt with an application by petitioners Ibrahim Ibrahim and Abdi Yakub, who are trying to protect the Malka Mari national park.
Intellectual Property:
SA Copyright Amendment Bill - Resources on the CAB debate: all the links you need! (with comments at end)
http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2019/08/resources-on-cab-debate-all-links-you.html
Resources on the Bill, Fair Use, etc.
Controversies tied to the judiciary in Lesotho continued unabated this week. First shock was that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane renewed his attempt to have the Court of Appeal president, Kananelo Mosito, suspended pending an inquiry into his behaviour. It is Thabane's second attempt in just a few weeks, and follows shortly after the appeal court had ruled that Thabane could not again threaten Judge Mosito with suspension on the basis of a letter of complaint written by the Acting Chief Justice.
Judge Michael Ramodibedi, who died earlier this month, was appointed to the bench in Lesotho during 1986. During the next years, he also served as a judge in a number of other countries, authoring decisions in the Seychelles and Boswana among others. During 2008 he was elevated to the position of Lesotho’s Court of Appeal president, and at the same time he served on the court of appeal in what is now Eswatini.
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Right from the start there is a lot about this case that is troubling. And Judge William Musyoka plunges right in. The case concerns the estate of Joseph Mapesa Nakuku who died in 1988. Bernard Mapesa, one of the sons and administrator of the estate, lodged a petition in the matter, saying he was ‘son of the deceased’.
His proposal was that the entire estate should be shared, unevenly, between himself and another son.
Intellectual Property:
South African Copyright Legislation Under the Spotlight
https://legal.sabinet.co.za/articles/copyright-legislation-under-the-spotlight/
Traditional Knowledge:
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Act, No. 6 of 2019 (South Africa)
Intellectual Property:
South Africa:
The New Draft Copyright Bill Could Help Unlock the Doors of Learning and Culture (South Africa)
Proposed Legislation Will Benefit Musicians Significantly – Deputy Minister Gina
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
SpringerOpen pricing trends 2018 – 2019
https://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/2019/08/13/springeropen-pricing-trends-2018-2019/
Top University Of California Scientists Tell Elsevier They'll No Longer Work On Elsevier Journals
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The facts of the case are depressingly familiar: a nine-year-old girl is raped by her uncle. He pleads not guilty and after a full trial before an acting senior resident magistrate, he is convicted and sentenced.
The uncle, facing a 10-year term in prison, appeals to the high court where Judge William Musyoka considers the challenges to conviction and sentence.