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
Intellectual Property:
Breaking Down the New EU Copyright Bill: Article 13
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2018/07/03/breaking-down-the-new-eu-copyright-bill-article-13/
Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at EU copyright law
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44696302
New EU Copyright Law: Will Upload Filters Destroy the Internet as we Know it?
An EU copyright law threatens to kill memes for everyone
https://globalnews.ca/news/4294741/memes-eu-copyright-law-gifs-infringement/
EU copyright reforms draw fire from internet luminaries as key vote looms
False Positives, Real Problem – The Limits of Filtering as a Solution to Copyright Infringement
The Copyright Extension That Isn’t
The Biggest Difference Between Plagiarism And Copyright
Marrakesh Treaty for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons
KEI statement on Senate Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty for Blind
https://www.keionline.org/28242
Marrakesh Treaty Resources
https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/Marrakesh_Treaty
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Open Access Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
African scientists launch their own preprint server
https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/african-scientists-launch-their-own-preprint
British Library to develop shared open access repository services
https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2018/july/shared-research-repository-announcement
Guest Post: Is the Research Article Immune to Innovation?
SSRN launches Preprints with The Lancet, a new preprint series for sharing early stage health and medical research
http://www.knowledgespeak.com/newsArchieveviewdtl.asp?pickUpBatch=3469
Elsevier are corrupting open science in Europe
UN Food and Agriculture Organization launches Open Access for all publications
Global OA APCs (APC) 2010–2017: Major Trends Heather Morrison
https://elpub.episciences.org/4604/pdf
It’s time to stand up to the academic publishing industry
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/time-stand-academic-publishing-industry/
Data Management
Standards for data sharing in sight (Australia)
https://www.governmentnews.com.au/2018/06/standards-for-data-sharing-in-sight/
Data Management and related Resources
https://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration/DataManagementResources
Conference Alerts:
Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure
June 22-24 2018 - University of Toronto, Toronto Canada
Stellenbosch University 15th Annual Library Symposium - Stellenbosch Institute for Advance Studies (STIAS)
15-16 November 2018 – Stellenbosch, W. Cape, South Africa