This channel informs of issues relating to Intellectual Property, access to knowledge, open access and knowledge issues in Africa and globally. We curate and feature legal developments, caselaw and legislation, scholarly commentary, blogs, and columns.
Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of the Witwatersrand. Intellectual Property & A2K Issues columnist.
Intellectual Property:
Is Copyright Term Extension Finally Done?
https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/15/copyright-term-extension-finally-done/
How Closed Trade Deals Ratchet Up the Copyright Term Worldwide
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/how-big-content-would-enforce-copyright-globally
Licenses: We Are Past Copyright
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Intellectual Property:
The Fight for Fair Copyright Returns: Canadian Government Launches Major Copyright Review
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2017/12/faircopyrightreturns/
Help UNESCO finalise the draft Internet Universality Indicators
https://www.apc.org/en/node/34446/
The New York Public Library's Presidents Just Wrote A Beautiful Letter In Support Of Net Neutrality