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Copyright and related issues around access to knowledge
This website provides free online information on a host of topics relating to access to knowledge, e.g. copyright and other IP matters; open access initiatives; open source projects; WTO and WIPO matters; plagiarism; digitization in libraries and archives; IP Chapter in Free Trade Agreements, etc.
This site is under construction - items have been added to make material available at this stage, but will be edited and categorised in a more orderly way on an ongoing basis.
Should you find any duplicate records, websites that are no longer accessible or incorect URLs, please advise Denise Nicholson at Nicholson.D@library.wits.ac.za
News Alerts from Denise Nicholson
A very big thank you to Mr. Paul West and Mr. Wayne Mackintosh of the Commonwealth of Learning (www.col.org)for assisting me in launching my Copyright Information Service's Archives online!! 2 August 2006
This site is still under construction but I have added as much information as I can at this stage to make it accessible to you. It will, however, be edited and categorised in a more orderly manner in due course. In the meantime, you can find information via the keyword Search Facility. If you have any problems in this regard, please contact me as per details below:
Denise Nicholson
Copyright Services Librarian
University of the Witwatersrand
Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050,
South Africa
Tel: +27 11 717-1929
Fax: +27 11 717-1946
Email : Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za
www.wits.ac.za/library/services/copyright
Open Archiving - Open Publishing
Copyright and related matters - 2006
Public Domain
Fair use
Applying fair use in the development of electronic reserves http://www.arl.org/access/eres/eresfinalstmt.shtml
Copyright and Fair use (Stanford University) http://fairuse.stanford.edu/commentary_and_analysis/
Parody as fair Use - an interesting and entertaining aspect of copyright law http://pubs.acs.org/4librarians/livewire/2006/7.1/copyright.html
Access to Knowledge (A2K)
Text of Draft A2K Treaty which librarians, educators, researchers and other users of information are promoting globally http://www.cptech.org/a2k/consolidatedtext-may9.pdf
Other articles, etc. on the Access to Knowledge Initiative - http://www.cptech.org/a2k http://www.tacd.org
IFLA and the A2K Treaty - Statement by IFLA CLM Inter-Sessional Intergovernmental Meeting on a Development Agenda for WIPO - 2nd Session, Geneva - June 20-22, 2005 - http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/A2K-1.htm
IFLA and the Access to Knowledge (A2K) Treaty Statement Supporting a Development Agenda for WIPO - http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/A2K-5.htm
Official A2K Poster available at : http://www.access2knowledge.org/cs/
Libraries advocating for Access to Knowledge - http://www.eifl.net/services/ipcis_pr.html
Yale A2K Conference 2006 - Urs Gasser has summarised highlights on his blog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ugasser/2006/04/23#a837
UNCTAD/ ICTSD paper available at: http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/regional_research.htm Intellectual Property, Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern : UNCTAD/ICTSD paper by Andrew Rens, Achal Prabhala and Dick Kawooya http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/docs/06%2005%2031%20tralac%20amended-pdf.pdf
Presentations at the Africa Copyright Forum Conference in Kampala, Uganda, Nov,2005, on copyright and access to information in Africa at http://www.nlu.go.ug/presentations.htm. At this Conference, the Africa Copyright and Access to Information Alliance was launched to assist African countries with copyright matters and issues affecting access to knowledge. Alliance's name has since been changed to African Access to Knowledge Alliance (AAKA)
Open Access/Open Publishing/Open Source
Authors and Open Access publishing: www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISCOAReport1.pdf
Model for a UK national eprints delivery system: www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/ACF1E88.pdf
All reports on OA, including articles published in journals: www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OpenAccessArchive/ www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OpenAccessArchive/Eprints_LP_paper.pdf
Open Source-Opens Learning: Why open source makes sense for education http://www.opensourcesummit.org/open-source-200408.pdf
JSTOR Announces "Open Africa" Initiative http://email.libraryjournal.com/cgi-bin2/DM/y/hrSv0ElQj20PEA0CspA0ED
Connexions Takes Open Source Approach to Education Contenthttp://www.linuxinsider.com/story/pKKHE1CxcFuER4/Connexions-Takes-Open-Source-Approach-to-Education-Content.xhtml
Rallying Behind Open Access, Inside Higher Ed, July 28, 2006. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/07/28/provosts
Institutional Repositories: Partnering with
Faculty to Enhance Scholarly Communication .
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007588/
dbWiz: Open Source Federated Searching for Academic Libraries. Library http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007611/
Geist calls for 'open access' government research http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=41225&cid=2
The Open Access Policy Imperative. Delivered at http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005058/
A Question of Access: SPARC, BioOne and Society-driven Electronic Publishing . D-Lib Magazine 6(5). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007530/
Open Publishing Made Easy! http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007566/
Developing nation scientists – open up the research http://technocrat.net/d/2006/11/29/11529
Online Materials Broadening Global Access to Education Increasing number of universities offer free Internet access to course materials http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=December&x=200612010935031CJsamohT0.756817
Scientists push open access for developing nations http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=readitem&rgwid=4&item=News&itemid=3251&language=1
Europe starts to build an Open Access information network http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2166631/europe-starts-build-oa-network
Benefits of free access http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20599488-12332,00.html
Australian universities repository website ARROW. http://www.arrow.edu.au/
Whitehead, Derek: Repositories: What's the Target? an ARROW perspective. http://www.iatul.org/conference/proceedings/vol15/PAPERS/Derek-Whitehead-IATULpaper-Whitehead.doc
Institutional repositories: http://www.dspace.org/implement/leadirs.pdf
Ongoing crisis in academic-journal pricing is the focus of recent colloquium http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/november15/ journal-111506.html
Open Access resources could mean journal subscriptions cancelled http://blog.iwr.co.uk/2006/11/open_access_res.html
New journal brings nervous system to life http://media-newswire.com/release_1039377.html
Half of RCUKs opt for open access model. http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2168441/eps-report-gets-mixed-reviews
What is Open Access? http://www.digital-scholarship.com/cwb/WhatIsOA.htm
Open Access Webliography http://www.escholarlypub.com/cwb/oaw.htm
Bricks, Bytes, or Both? The Probable Impact of Scholarly Electronic Publishing on Library Space Needs http://www.escholarlypub.com/cwb/bricks.htm
The Role of Reference Librarians in Institutional Repositories http://www.escholarlypub.com/cwb/reflibir.pdf
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) http://www.doaj.org/
Free Full Text http://www.freefulltext.com/
Free Medical Journals http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
HighWire Press: Free Online Full-text Articles http://www.highwire.org/lists/freeart.dtl
Guide to Open Content Licenses http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide
Publisher Copyright Policies & Self-Archiving http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
Directories and Guides-Open Access Publishing Gaining Independence http://www.arl.org/sparc/GI/
Open Access Journal Business Guides http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/
Publishing Open-Access Journals: A Brief Overview from The Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org/downloads/oa_whitepaper.pdf
SPARC Publishing Resources http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/pubres.html
Free Open Source OAI-PMH 2.0 compliant Software http://www.library.uq.edu.au/escholarship/software.pdf
A Guide to Institutional Repository Software, v 3.0 http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/
Considering a Marketing and Communications Approach for an Institutional Repository http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue49/gierveld
Open Access Archive Reports http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/openaccessarchive/reports.html
Academics fight to break 'stranglehold' on journals http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1398368,00.html
Delivery, Management and Access Model for e-Prints and Open Access Journals within Further and Higher Education http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/ACF1E88.pdf
The Importance of Open Access, Open Source, and Open Standards for Libraries (Edward M. Corrado, Systems Librarian. The College of New Jersey http://www.istl.org/05-spring/article2.html
Making medical information more accessible http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_11_26_fosblogarchive.html
Announcing The Launch Of Open Access Central http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=50349
BioMed Central opens access to Chemistry articles http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2162758/biomed-central-opens-access
Japanese Gmail Goes Open Access and The Daily Music and Tech News http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/23/150334.php
A closed mind about an open world http://www.ft.com/cms/s/64167124-263d-11db-afa1-0000779e2340.html
The University of Chicago Press to provide open access to The Journal of Business archive http://webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?SESSIONID=&aId=18717
Free Access To Journal Of Nuclear Medicine Offered By Society Of NuclearMedicine http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=51276
Demand for open access 'low' http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2163737/demand-open-access-low
NPG journals to open access to online archives Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announces that its academic and society journals will be opening access to all online content published before January 2003 http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/ntu/ntu131.html
E-LIS, the international archive for Library and Information Science (LIS) eprints at http://eprints.rclis.org, has reached the milestone of over 4000 eprints stored as at Aug 2006.
JSTOR Announces "Open Africa" Initiative http://www.libraryjournal.com/clear/CA6350053.html?nid=2673#news3
Publishing : copyright : intellectual property : open access Publishers watch in fear as a new world comes into view http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1756428,00.html
OpenBook makes classic books available offline http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=961&s=news
NewsArchivePlus has announced the launch of the Library Newspaper Co-operative http://www.newsarchiveplus.org/news1.htm, a new initiative with the goal of providing online access to every historic newspaper and library archive in the UK.
Open Source Software offers front-yard security http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=970&s=news
The Development Gateway Foundation's Open Educational Resources portal aims to equalize access to education and help people in developing countries improve their chances for a better life. The portal features free course materials and other educational content offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Chinese Open Resources for Education and other institutions around the world. See: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation
Free Software : Directory : UNESCO Free Software Directory : PSF : FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory http://directory.fsf.org
ChemBank http://chembank.broad.harvard.edu/- This public, web-based informatics environment includes freely available data derived from small molecules and small-molecule screens, and resources for studying the data so that biological and medical insights can be gained
Open access publishing http://www.booksjustbooks.com/ - Selfpublishing for cheaper
Electronic theses and dissertations - ETD2005 - Evolution through discovery (Conference papers) http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/program.html
Australia is not maximising the return on its research investment - maximising research impact by mandating institutional self-archiving http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/papers/143harnad.pdf
Electronic theses and dissertations - ETD2005 - Evolution through discovery (Conference papers) http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/program.html
Open Access : Open Publishing : Publishing : Self-Publishing The Internet Makes It Easier to Go from Idea to Print by Ken Rubino http://www.infotoday.com/linkup/lud011506-rubino.shtml
Linking UK Repositories http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfmname=programme_digital_repositories - A new landmark report describing the technical, organisational and business models that could underpin user-facing services to be developed over UK repositories (June 2006)
Open Access : Internet : Web : Library : Libraries: Virtual Library : Virtual Libraries NetLibrary - http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/20067.htm - Expanded distribution of eAudiobook program to libraries in Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Cory Doctorow on Open Publishing for novelists: http://craphound.com/ebooksneitherenorbooks.txt
Afghans look to SA for open source http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2006/0604071303.asp?A=BSR&S=BestRead&O=FPIN
Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157
A project of the South African Theological Seminary http://www.theological-research.org/ http://ww.sats.edu.za - renders a free service to the global Christian community by providing a repository for theological research that is both Biblically sound and practically relevant.
OPENSPACE is the quarterly journal of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, protected by Creative Commons public license. http://www2.soros.org/osisa/drupal/taxonomy_menu/5/23
Supreme Court weighs in on patent fight http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/03/29/scotus.ebay.ap/index.html (The taxpayer's argument for open access)
The taxpayer .... http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/09-04-03.htm#taxpayer
How to avoid open source licensing pitfalls http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/02/07/213994/Howtoavoidopensourcelicensingpitfalls.htm
NIHS Reort on Open Access: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/Final_Report_20060201.pdf Open Access: Open Peer Review BioMedCentral launches Biology Direct - www.biology-direct.com (open peer review)
Open source 'helps you and helps SA' http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=2819
Open Journal Systems (OJS) - http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ is a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research.
Publishers watch in fear as a new world comes into view by Dan Milmo. The move by the European commission to free up access to scientific research is the latest challenge posed by the internet to the way Reed Elsevier does business. Guardian 19/04/06 http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1756428,00.html
"The Code Breakers" A BBC World Documentary on Free/Open Source Software and Development http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc
Free software directory UNESCO supported catalogue of freeware which runs on free operating systems. Web entry form: http://directory.fsf.org/newform.html
Open Access Archive http://eprints.ictp.it/for scientific work of any scientists from any country to be posted free of charge.
British Library Research Archive http://sherpa.bl.uk , a database of papers and materials by researchers who are not affiliated to an academic institution
EU to open projects to developing country scientists http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=2701&language=1 OpenDocument Format Alliance http://www.odfalliance.org
The Royal Society of Chemistry is to be the first Learned and Professional organisation to provide developing countries with free access to science journal archives. http://rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2006/Archive.asp
Concerned with the high costs of college, Freeload Press http://www.freeloadpress.com, a college textbook publisher and distributor founded by academics and publishers, has introduced a revolutionary publishing model that provides free college textbooks.
Open Access: Medical Research Tool : Faculty of 1000 Medicine - www.f1000medicine.com - new online research tool that highlights the most interesting papers in medicine, based on the recommendatnos of nearly 2500 leading researchers and clinicians.
Virtual Library : Virtual Libraries: E-Audiobooks : E-Books E-Hamilton Public Library's virtual bookshelf http://www.marketnews.ca/news_detail.asp?nid=1491 - audiobooks for borrowing and downloading, making it the first public library system in Ontario to launch the service …
A Guide To Open Content Licences Lawrence Liang http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide
Open Access - Paper by Heather Ford (CC) http://ibt.afrihost.com/accessof/files/new.doc
Open Access: OpenDocument Format Alliance http://www.odfalliance.org
Open Access: Science journal archives: The Royal Society of Chemistry http://rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2006/Archive.asp - the first Learned and Professional organisation to provide developing countries with free access to science journal archives.
Open Access: Publishing: Concerned with the high costs of college, Freeload Press http://www.freeloadpress.com, a college textbook publisher and distributor founded by academics and publishers, has introduced a revolutionary publishing model that provides free college textbooks.
Archives for Africa and beyond http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/March/01030602.asp
British Library Research Archive http://sherpa.bl.uk , a database of papers and materials by researchers who are not affiliated to an academic institution
Open J-Gate <http://www.openj-gate.com/> "is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain. Launched in 2006, Open J-Gate is the contribution of Informatics (India) Ltd to promote OAI. Open J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online. Open J-Gate is also a database of journal literature, indexed from 3000+ open access journals, with links to full text at Publisher sites
EU : Developing countries : scientists : science EU to open projects to developing country scientists http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=2701&language=1 ISBNs: 13-digit ISBNs: Guidelines for the implementation of 13-digit ISBNs: http://www.isbn-international.org/en/download/implementation-guidelines-04.pdf
Internet : Web : Open Access : Payday for the free Internet by Becky Hogge http://www.opendemocracy.net/media/payday_3351.jsp#
Open Source: Licensing How to avoid open source licensing pitfalls http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/02/07/213994/Howtoavoidopensourcelicensingpitfalls.htm
Open Access: U.S. Federal Agencies: Access: Internet: The GrayLIT Network http://www.osti.gov/graylit/ makes the gray literature of U.S. Federal Agencies easily accessible over the Internet
Open Access: Archives: Africa: Archives for Africa and beyond http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/March/01030602.asp
Open-source business Open, but not as usual http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5624944
Canadian Public Doman Registry : Open Access http://www.accesscopyright.ca/resources.asp?a=198
The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source by Bruce Perens http://perens.com/Articles/Economic.html
Good news: Springer launches open access nano journal http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2253
Royal Society launches trial of new 'open access' journal service http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=4838
Intute - http://www.intute.ac.uk/ - a free online service providing access to Web resources for education and research.
Don't Let Intellectual Property Twist your Ethos(R. Stallman) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/fRQfHmO9HZppP6/Dont-Let-Intellectual-Property-Twist-Your-Ethos.xhtml
Blogging WIPO: Development Agenda Deadlocked - June 2006 http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/2006_06.php
RCUKfails to time stamp open access http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2160288/rcukfails-stamp-open-access
The Milton Keynes Open University in UK today (13.7.06) announced a GBP £5.65 million (US $9.9 million) project to make a selection of its learning materials available free of charge to educators and learners around the world. http://www.learningbusiness.fi/portal/news/?id=11972&area=7
Blogs and Freedom of Expression http://sangonet.org.za/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4333&Itemid=173
Musician's take on TACD creative communities and consumers http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9217
Elsevier's LIS journals are now available in some developing countries (not South Africa though) through HINARI, the World Health Organization's HealthInterNetwork and AGORA, the United Nation's Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture programs. April 2006 http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=4825
A project of the South African Theological Seminary (www.sats.edu.za). The purpose of this site is to render a free service to the global Christian community by providing a repository for theological research that is both Biblically sound and practically relevant. All the research published here conforms to the three foundational principles of SATS - Bible-based, Christ-centred, Spirit-led. This site provides free access to two kinds of theological research. Conspectus is a refereed theological e-journal published biannually by SATS. The Research tab will take you to a repository for the publication of theological research reports, theses and dissertations that are in line with our ethos and values. http://www.theological-research.org/ http://www2.soros.org/osisa/drupal/taxonomy_menu/5/23 SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) has announced a partnership with Bioline International, an online publishing service that provides open access to peer-reviewed research journals published in developing countries - http://www.arl.org/sparc/announce/060518.html
Papers/presentations at Codata - Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa: Focus on Health and Environmental Information for Sustainable Development An International Workshop held on in September 2005 -http://stardata.nrf.ac.za/html/workshopProgramme.html Publish online, South African journals told http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=2828&language=1 The taxpayer argues for open access http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/09-04-03.htm#taxpayer
Online or Invisible? C:\Documents and Settings\denisen\Local Settings\Temp\Online or Invisible.html
Creative Commons
Netherlands: Creative Commons: Licensing: Dutch Court upholds Creative Commons licenseThe full text of the decision (in Dutch) is available at http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/zoeken/dtluitspraak.asp?searchtype=ljn http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/zoeken/dtluitspraak.asp?searchtype=ljn&ljn=AV4
Spain : Creative Commons : Licensing Creative Commons licence – Spanish case http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-fr/2006-February/000744.html> The full news story and judgement (all in Spanish) can be downloaded from http://www.extremadura.com/comercio/noticias/ver_pagina_noticia.vhtml/8625
Scientific publishing
The Future of Scholarly Communication in the Humanities: Adaptation or Transformation? http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007608/
Model Copyright Agreement - Journals - JISC and SURF http://copyrighttoolbox.surf.nl/copyrighttoolbox/authors/licence/
The ALPSP Response (30 May 06) to the EC Report on Scientific Publications (Jan 06) http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/pdf/scientific-publication-study_en.pdf http://www.alpsp.org/news/ALPSPresponse-ECReport.pd
“From "Publish or Perish" to "Publish and Vanish" by Christina Scott http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33219
Codata - Strategies for Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Southern Africa: Focus on Health and Environmental Information for Sustainable Development - An International Workshop- 5-7 Sept 2005 Papers, etc. at -http://stardata.nrf.ac.za/html/workshopProgramme.html
WIPO
WIPO website - www.wipo.int
WIPO Broadcasting/Webcasting Treaty
Tech companies oppose WIPO treaty on TV rights http://www.out-law.com/page-7273
WIPO's Broadcasting Treaty: Let the Public Decide https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr004=grj0os2ku2.app13b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=227
Blogging WIPO: Webcasting out of WIPO Broadcasting Treaty, At Least For Now http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004637.php
Blogging WIPO: What's Next for the Webcasting and Broadcasting Treaties? http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004657.php
Under the Broadcast Flag - Intellectual Property is Intellectual Theft ... at Gun Point (by M J Smith)http://www.counterpunch.com/smith06302006.html
Webcasting Treaty: Casting Treaty WIPO is debating the draft Broadcasting Treaty this week (May 1-5). Read here for more details: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=288&res=1024_ff&print=0 One of the newsworthy developments is that US Tech Industry representatives (US Telecom Association and Intel) have joined the opposition to the draft Treaty. I've pasted below Intel's statement, in case you are interested. Resource pages on the Casting Treaty: http://www.eff.org/IP/WIPO/broadcasting_treaty/ http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/bt/index.html
Broadcast Treaty has potential to grant unwarranted "protections http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060222-6237.html
Digital copyright bill : U.S. Copyright : U.S. Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill http://news.com.com/Congress+readies+broad+new+digital+copyright+bill/2100-1028_3-6064016.html
WIPO : Webcasting : Broadcasting: The problem with webcasting http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/01/13/the-problem-with-webcasting.html?page=1
WIPO : Webcasting Treaty: Casting Treaty Broadcast Treaty has potential to grant unwarranted "protections http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060222-6237.html
Groups Raise Concern About Broadcast Treaty Negotiations. June 9, 2006 Group Letter [PDF] [offsite], June 07, 2006: http://www.publicknowledge.org/pdf/wipo-nonprofit-letter-20060607.pdf Company Letter [PDF] [offsite], June 07, 2006: http://www.publicknowledge.org/pdf/wipo-industry-letter-20060607.pdf
Webcast: The Future of the Web: Sir Tim Berners-Lee http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20060314_139 March 2006
WIPO xcasting treaties-next steps ( 8.05.2006) http://onthecommons.org/node/888
WIPO To Proceed On Broadcasting Treaty Talks Without Webcasting (5.05.2006) http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=294&res=1024_ff&print=0
Statement of Intel Corporation Concerning the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Proposed Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (10.04.2006) http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/bt/intel04102006.pdf
WIPO carves up the Internet (and the broadcast spectrum) (May 2006) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/wipo-carves-up-the-intern_b_20336.html
Draft Basic Proposal for the WIPO Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations - Including a Non-Mandatory Appendix on The Protection in Relation to Webcasting. (Feb 2006) http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/sccr/en/sccr_14/sccr_14_2.pdf
Momentum Builds in Talks on Updating Rights of Broadcasting Organizations(May 2006) http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_upd_2006_274.html
WIPO To Proceed On Broadcasting Treaty Talks Without Webcasting (5.05.2006) http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=294&res=1024_ff&print=0
Statement of Intel Corporation Concerning the World Intellectual Property Organization's Proposed Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (10.04.2006) http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/bt/intel04102006.pdf
WIPO carves up the Internet (and the broadcast spectrum) (4.05.2006) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/wipo-carves-up-the-intern_b_20336.html
Draft Basic Proposal for the WIPO Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organziations - Including a Non-Mandatory Appendix on The Protection in Relation to Webcasting. (8.02.2006) http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/sccr/en/sccr_14/sccr_14_2.pdf
Momentum Builds in Talks on Updating Rights of Broadcasting Organizations (8.05.2006) http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_upd_2006_274.html
James Boyle: More rights are wrong for webcasters http://news.ft.com/cms/s/441306be-2eb6-11da-9aed-00000e2511c8.html
Copyright Battle Threatens Right to Surf and Email Anonymously http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_06.php#004754
Web : Access: The end of the internet? http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester
http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/wipo-casting.html http://www.public-domain.org/node/view/47?PHPSESSID=15dc87898ff6d100f7806a2feff91cfb
WIPO Development Agenda
IP Justice on WIPO DA : http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/WIPO_DA.shtml
The WIPO Development Agenda and Why You Should Care About It http://www.eff.org/IP/WIPO/dev_agenda/
The Proposal for Development Agenda by Argentina and Brazil (2004)http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/document/govbody/wo_gb_ga/pdf/wo_ga_31_11.pdf
Agreement Reached On WIPO Development Agenda, Patents; No Broadcasting Yet http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=410&res=800&print=0
Broadcasting decision adopted @ WIPO General Assembly http://fromgeneva.blogspot.com/2006/10/broadcasting-decision-adopted-wipo.html
WIPO and Biodiversity
WIPO : Biodiversity Nations Urge Legally Binding Biodiversity Outcome At WIPO http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=276&res=800&print=0
WIPO Legislative Assistance
WIPO assistance in the field of IP legislation. When developing countries take advantage of this assistance, they need to ensure that development & educational issues and limitations and exceptions are taken into account in any copyright law review http://www.wipo.int/cfdiplaw/en/assistance_ip.htm
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Anticircumvention and Anti-anticircumvention http://ssrn.com/abstract=931899
Five Disharmonizing Trends in the International Intellectual Property Regime http://ssrn.com/abstract=923177
As for bad examples of the DMCA, check out the EFF's "Unintended Consequences" report:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.php
Here is a paper I wrote a couple years ago on the EU Directive: http://www.ipjustice.org/eucd012903.shtml
New British Academy Report: http://www.britac.ac.uk/reports/copyright/
CATO Study against DMCA: http://cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6025
Canadian Study on TPMs:
British Royal Society Report on Copyright: http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/document.asp?tip=0&id=1374
More anti-circumvention reading: http://ipjustice.org/wp/resources/reading-room-circumvention/
Governments Eye DRM Interoperability Rules As Consumers Vent Over Access
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=476&res=800&print=0
DRMs/TPMs - Australia http://www.digital.org.au/submission/TPMsub.rtf
DRM : TPM : Digital Rights Management : Technological Protection Measures: GPL3 take hard line on Digital Rights Management (DRM) http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39247976,00.htm
DRM : Digital Rights Management : Technological protection measures http://craphound.com/msftdrm.txt http://craphound.com/hpdrm.txt
CD's Recalled for Posing Risk to PC's http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/16/technology/16sony.html?emc=eta1
Digital Rights Management : Consumer Groups Unite Against DRM Tech http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=41035
Digital Rights Management : Technological protection measures WIPO study on DRM and exceptions for visually impaired and distance education has just been published: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=59952
Parliament committee hears DRM rights and wrongs. Another report on the APIG hearing of 2nd February. http://www.out-law.com/page-6608 Earlier reports from last week - • Libraries fear digital lockdown BBC News 03/02/06 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4675280.stm • LACA submission to APIG www.cilip.org.uk/laca (Click on Consultation responses)
• DRM is failing, MPs told ZDNet UK 02/02/06 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39250168,00.htm
• The British Library submits evidence to APIG on DRMs BL Press Release 02/02/06 http://www.bl.uk/news/2006/pressrelease20060206.html
The EFF page on DRMs: http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/
Judge Grants Final Approval for Sony BMG CD Settlement (DRM case) http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_05.php#004693
Circumventing Technology: DRM : TPM : Digital Rights Management Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6025
High Court case of Stevens v Sony http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/2005/58.html
Libraries victorious in arguing that technological protection measures should not undermine fair dealing and access to information.
British Library: Intellectual Property: IP : Copyright British Library lends itself to intellectual-property wisdom http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020505,39257506,00.htm DRM : Digital Rights Management : TPM : British Library: MP: British Library must lead the charge on DRM http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39257467,00.htm
DRM : TPM : Digital Rights management: France: Songs: Downloads French MPs say song downloads must work on any player http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1736281,00.html
DRM is failing, MPs told The British Library, the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the open rights movement tell MPs how DRM makes life harder. Feb 2006http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39250168,00.htm
Warner Music and the FNAC condemned for a too protected CD (French only, 19.01 2006) http://www.01net.com/editorial/302073/droit/warner-music-et-la-fnac-condamnees-pour-cd-trop-protege/
• Private copy : no exception for computers ( French only, 19.01.2006) http://www.quechoisir.org/Position.jsp;jsessionid=7AC3535FA8E4BE255B282F03833F09C6.tomcat21?id=Ressources:Positions:19A346F250535DFAC12570FB0038D6A2&catcss=IMA101
• EDRI-gram : French court forbids DVD copy protection ( 4.05.2005) http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number3.9/DVD Parody as fair Use * an interesting and entertaining aspect of copyright law http://pubs.acs.org/4librarians/livewire/2006/7.1/copyright.html
Now you © it, soon you won't (By Jamie King) The laws of copyright are being rendered meaningless by the growth of digitall technology. So how will writers and artists earn a crust? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-2056103,00.html
Libraries : Librarians : Guidelines on DRM : Digital Rights Management : a Guide for Librarians http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/copyrightb/digitalrights/DRMfinal.pdf
Needham, Kirsty. "High Court Chips Away at Sony's Stranglehold", The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 October 2005, p 1, http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/high-court-chips-away-at-sonys-stranglehold/2005/10/06/1128562943280.html
US Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill - The proposed copyright law would expand the DMCA's restrictions on software that can bypass copy protections and grant federal police more wiretapping and enforcement powers. April 2006 http://news.com.com/Congress+readies+broad+new+digital+copyright+bill/2100-1028_3-6064016.html
Free Trade Agreements/EPAS/Bilaterals/TRIPS-Plus/IP and Trade issues
TRIPs and Its Discontents http://ssrn.com/abstract=578577
Democrats Could Slow US Trade Deals But May Change Little On IP By Martin Vaughan http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index_test.php?p=466
Draft EU-Caribbean Agreement Shows Escalated IP Provisions http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=3D463&res=3D1024_ff&print=3D0
Drug patents/prices: Long arm of US power http://www.nnseek.com/e/misc.activism.progressive/sm_drug_patents_prices_long_arm_of_us_power_9682393t.html
Rich countries 'blocking cheap drugs for developing world' http://www.nnseek.com/e/soc.culture.chile/rich_countries_blocking_cheap_drugs_for_developing_5452009t.html
Memo to the next Google: Don't set up shop in Australia
http://www.digital.org.au/media/media14-11-2006.htm
A U.S.-Taiwan FTA: the view from Taipei http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=34&idsub=158&id=6523&t=A+U.S.-Taiwan+FTA%3A+the+view+from+Taipei
Fighting FTAs - general overview of FTAs and BITS that have been signed
or are being negotiated around the world http://www.bilaterals.org/IMG/pdf/Overview.pdf
A critique of bilateral FTA's - by Jamie Love (CPTech) http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php?title=Bilateral_Free_Trade_Agreements_and_IP
US all-or-nothing position derails free trade talks http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6489 Negotiations towards a free trade agreement with the US have "all but come to a halt", according to Tshediso Matona, the director-general of South Africa's department of trade and industry.
SA, EU Consolidate Cooperation http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6486 The European Union (EU) and South Africa have agreed to start negotiations for a comprehensive update and revision of the Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA).
Govt urged to be careful in FTA talks with US - Mayasia http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6488
Workshop on "Malaysia-US free trade agreement: Issues, implications and challenges" - summary report http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6472
S. Korea to hold public hearing on trade deal with EU | 15-November-2006 http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6469
Police alert over FTA demonstration - South Korea http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6464
Local laws may clash with proposed FTA - South Korea http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6456
Anti-FTA groups denied state subsidies - South Korea http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6455
S Korean workers demand end to trade talks with US http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6454
Slow track: Democratic gains raise roadblocks to free-trade push http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6449
US-Russia Bilateral/WTO Deal Pushes New Standards For IP Protection http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=467&res=800&print=0
The mass people's resistance against KorUS FTA has started - KoA http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=6578
US Advises Developing Country FTA Partners Not To Follow WHO IP Plan http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=485&res=800&print=0
Free Trade Agreements and TPMs https://www.eff.org/IP/FTAA/tpm_issues_eng.pdf
SADC and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) The EC wishes to include so-called “new generation trade issues” (including Intellectual property) in EPAs. The SADC EPA group are resisting vehemently. http://www.tralac.org/newsletter/01aug2006.html
South American Ministers vow to avoid TRIPS-plus measures http://www.tralac.org/scripts/content.php?id=4941
Rimmer, M. "Robbery Under Arms: Copyright Law and the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement", First Monday, 2006, Vol. 11 (3), http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_3/rimmer/index.html, SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=855805
Bilaterals.org is a collective effort to share information and stimulate cooperation against bilateral trade and investment agreements that are opening countries to the deepest forms of penetration by transnational corporations http://www.bilaterals.org/
In Digital Age, Advancing a Flexible Copyright System http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/arts/26crea.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
How did copyright become part of the global trading system? Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy? By: Drahos, Peter; Braithwaite, John (2002) http://cgkd.anu.edu.au/menus/publications.php#drahos US always in the driving seat in FTA talks http://www.tralac.org/scripts/content.php?id=4707
US-Sacu trade talks ‘on life-support’ http://www.tralac.org/scripts/content.php?id=4708
Inflexible" US threatens southern Africa free-trade deal http://www.tralac.org/scripts/content.php?id=4703
"The FTA clause that stifles creativity" http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/13/1081838720006.html
See Matthew Rimmer's concerns on how the copyright term extension will impact on the operation of libraries, cultural institutions and also the creators, in the article : "FTA would bring piracy crackdown: lawyer" http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/17/1084646123079.html
Central American trade pact brews public health storm http://www.scidev.net/Features/index.cfm?fuseaction=readFeatures&itemid=280&language=1
These articles highlight some of the problems with the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and technological protection measures.
Unintended Consequences: Five Years under the DMCA http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.php (this describes the ways in which the overbroad technological protection measure provisions in the DMCA have been used in the US to curb freedom of expression, chill scientific research and publication and to block competition and stifle technological innovation).
Getting the Balance Right: Seven Lessons from a Comparison of the Technological Protection Measure Provisions of the FTAA, the DMCA, and the U.S.-Singapore and U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreements http://www.eff.org/IP/FTAA/tpm_implementation.php
Technological Protection Measures Issues Paper http://www.eff.org/IP/FTAA/tpm_issues_eng.pdf
Trade: IP : Intellectual Property : Medicines: Uganda
Trade related IP and medicines
http://www.3dthree.org/pdf_3D/3DHRCUgandaBrief04en.pdf
Here are the Australian parliamentary committee reports, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) which is Govt-dominated, see http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/usafta/report.htm and the Senate Select Committee of inquiry into the Free Trade Agreement (Opposition- dominated) see http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/freetrade_ctte/report/final/index.htm
Fraser, Andrew. "How Our MPs Went Into Evergreening Overdrive", The Canberra Times, 9 August 2004, http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=your%20say&subclass=general&category=editorial%20opinion&story_id=326989&y=2004&m=8
Wade, Matt and Metherell, Mark. "Evergreening Cost Grows To Millions", The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 2004, http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/04/1091557922332.html
TheAustralian Senate Select Committee has released its report on the free trade agreement: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/freetrade_ctte/report/summary/report.pdf The IP Section is here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/freetrade_ctte/report/summary/ch03.pdf
TRIPS Flexibilities
Copyright Limitations and Exceptions - Guidelines when reviewing national copyright laws See: http://www.col.org/colweb/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/docs/Copyright%20Document.pdf Alternatively, go to www.col.org and click on the Document under "Files" directly under the picture on the right-hand side of the screen.
The ability of select sub-Saharan African countries to utilise TRIPs Flexibilities and Competition Law to ensure a sustainable supply of essential medicines: A study of producing and importing countries. By Tenu Avafia, Jonathan Berger and Trudi Hartzenberg
http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/docs/Trade%20and%20Competition%2015%20Feb%202006%20edited.doc
Copyright policies
Copyright policies in universities http://www.surf.nl/copyright/
Patents
Book on software patenting: http://entertainment.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/27/1351223&from=rss
Bar code to mobile patent awarded http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/computing/2006/0604051030.asp?A=LEG&S=Legal%20View&T=Section&O=ST
Four-year ‘limited patent’ proposed Feb 2006 http://www.out-law.com/page-6612
Patents: This Essay breaks the law http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/opinion/19crichton.html?ex=1300424400&en=9addb806498d2739&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Software patents : Patents : IP : Intellectual Property Nuclear War over software patents? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060206_503666.htm
Developing countries : patents : IP : intellectual property European Union. Regulation recently adopted to enable the export of patented medicines to poor countries http://www.ipr- helpdesk.org/controlador/noticia?seccion=noticia&tipoListado=all&id=0000005915&len=en&mode=subscription
U.K. judge frowns on software patents http://news.com.com/U.K.+judge+frowns+on+software+patents/2100-1012_3-6027097.html?tag=st_lh
Patents : Innovation : IP : Intellectual Property EU: European patent system is too costly and may be discouraging innovation http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=142641&src=0
Digital Preservation
Digital Preservation : Copyright : IP : Intellectual Property : Digitization : Rusbridge, Chris. "Excuse Me... Some Digital Preservation Fallacies?" Ariadne (46)(February 2006)(http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue46/rusbridge/
ICABS publications on digital preservation now online! http://www.ifla.org/VI/7/icabs.htm#Publications
Thirteen Ways of Looking at...Digital Preservation http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/lavoie/07lavoie.html
Yahoo Works With 2 Academic Libraries and Other Archives on Project to Digitize Collections http://chronicle.com/free/2005/10/2005100301t.htm
Rusbridge, Chris. "Excuse Me... Some Digital Preservation Fallacies?" Ariadne (46)(February 2006)(http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ issue46/rusbridge/)
Digital Preservation - Computer-Aided Manufacturing http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_5_1.htm
Copyright extension
Copyright : Extension of copyright : Copyright term : U.S. Copyright Office (U.S.) Copyright office head denounces "big mistake" of extending copyright http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21/copyright_office_hea.html
South Centre, Geneva - IP Programmes
"Implications of Investment Agreements on Regulations and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights". http://www.southcentre.org/info/sccielipquarterly/ipdev2006q2.pdf
WIPO : Intellectual Property : Intergovernmental South Centre bolsters its IP programme. The South Centre, a Geneva-based intergovernmental organisation, is gearing up its work on intellectual property by launching a new programme on innovation, access to knowledge and intellectual property. The centre says it already sees the results of the programme in developing countries increased involvement in IP, including at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Intellectual Property Watch 20/04/06 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index_test.php?p=272 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=272&res=800&print=0
IP : Intellectual Property : South Centre : WIPO : Least Developed countries : TRIPS : TRIPS transition period Intellectual Property Quarterly Update - South Centre, Geneva : Extension of the Transition period for Least Developed countries... http://www.southcentre.org/info/sccielipquarterly/ipdev2006q1.pdf
Best Practices / Libraries/ Management
Licensing And Copyright Management: Best Practices Of College, Special And Research Libraries http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/81a979/licensing_and_copyright_management_best
Creating the Virtual Reference Service http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/81a979/creating_the_virtual_reference_service
Best Practices of Public Library Information Technology Directors http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/81a979/best_practices_of_public_library_information
Creating the Digital Academic Library http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/81a979/creating_the_digital_academic_library
Creating the Digital Library http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/81a979/creating_the_digital_library
Creating the Digital Art Library - http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/81a979/creating_the_digital_art_library
Best practices in electronic print http://www.researchandmarkets.com/product/81a979/prevailing_best_practices_in_electronic_print
Piracy
Perth man named in piracy sting http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18015147%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
RIAA's next big target: Russia http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051227-5849.html Interview with Yochai Benkler, Yale Law School http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=281&res=1024_ff&print=0
Counterfeiting and piracy: Commission proposes criminal law provisions to combat intellectual property offences http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/532&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Young pirate has France's ear By Thomas Crampton International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/14/business/audionaut15.php
Google Notebook
Google Notebook http://www.google.com/notebook
"makes web research of all kinds easier and more efficient by enabling you to clip and gather information even while you're browsing the web.
Publishing Put 'fair use' right in UK copyright law, says NCC http://www.out-law.com/page-6919
Copy South Project
Copy South Dossier - Issues in the economics, politics and ideology of copyright in the global South www.copysouth.org or http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006278/ or http://www.indymedia.org/fr/2006/05/839661.shtml available in various languages and Open Source
Newspapers
Proquest - a new service enabling librarians to print reference copies of today's newspapers from around the world directly in the library. http://www.newspaperdirect.com/about/news/2006/0531.aspx (Feb 2006)
World Summit (WSIS)
ICT success stories portal The ICT Success Stories Portal was officially launched on March 31, Geneva, Switzerland, as a part of its follow-up work to the World Summit on the Information Society. Libraries are included. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/wsis-themes/ict_stories/
The WSIS Golden Book was officially launched on 24 February 2006 at an implementation meeting in Geneva. The book is a permanent record of the new commitments pledged by stakeholders. It is also a co-ordination tool to avoid duplication of effort. WSIS 24/02/06 http://www.itu.int/wsis/goldenbook/
WSIS outcome documents, implementation and follow up http://www.itu.int/wsis/
Human rights abuses in the run up to the WSIS http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE300192005Tunisia
World Summit : Unesco
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/wsis/consultation/
See also: CILIP and WSIS http://www.cilip.org.uk/professionalguidance/internationalwork/wsis
Useful websites
Digital Law Online http://digital-law-online.info/
IPRsonline.org (http://www.iprsonline.org/index.htm) is an internet portal on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Sustainable Development. It contains a selection of relevant online documents and resources related to IPRs and sustainable development including a guide to IPRs, proposals submitted to the WTO, discussion papers classified by topics, a calendar of IPRs related events, latest news on IPRs, and links to listservs and relevant institutions working on IPRs.
UNCTAD-ICTSD Capacity Building Project on IPRs : http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/regional_research.htm
http://www.info-commons.org/resources.shtml#ind Activism Anti-DMCA http://www.anti-dmca.org/
CanOpenEr http://www.canopener.ca/ Canadian Open Source Education and Research, is a "National advocacy group to educate Canadians about all aspects of the Free Software Movement, GNU/Linux, and Open Source Software."
http://digitalconsumer.org/ DigitalConsumer is an organization promoting Fair Use and consumer rights in digital media. This site contains information about the organization, news links, and their proposed Consumer Technology Bill of Rights.
Digital Future Coalition http://www.dfc.org/ Website of the coalition that has taken a lead role in opposing the enclosure of the digital commons.
Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org/ The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a membership organization created to protect the right to share ideas in the electronic environment. Their site is an excellent source of news related to their many areas of concern.
Free Software Foundation http://www.fsf.org/ The Free Software Foundation has worked since 1984 to promote the GNUproject. Useful links are available here, particularly for free software issues.
Future of Music Coalition http://www.futureofmusic.org/ The Future of Music Coalition unites members of the music, technology,policy and intellectual property law communities to promote fair policies and appropriate technologies in music.
International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP): http://www.indiana.edu/~iascp/index.html A multidisciplinary organization working to develop and share scholarship andpractical experience on a broad array of commons. See in particular their Virtual Library of the Commons: http://www.indiana.edu/~iascp/library.html for commons-related bibliographies, research material and online resources.
IP Justice www.ipjustice.org IP Justice is a grassroots membership organization dedicated to promoting balanced intellectual property and protecting the rights of users of information worldwide.
Public Knowledge http://www.publicknowledge.org Founded in 2001, Public Knowledge is a public-interest advocacy centre working to preserve and promote the information commons.
WIPOUT http://www.wipout.net/ Speaking truth to power? http://www.wipout.net/winners_eng.htm
The Commons Creative Commons http://www.creativecommons.org/ The Creative Commons is a new initiative (launched May 2002) to allow creators an easy way to make their works widely accessible for use by future creators.
Digital Library of the Commons http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/ The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. This site contains a Working Paper Archive of author-submitted papers, as well as full-text conference papers, dissertations, working papers and pre-prints, and reports.
Duke Law School Conference on the Public Domain http://www.law.duke.edu/pd/index.html
Free Expression Policy Project on the Information Commons http://www.fepproject.org/infocommons/intro.html
An Introduction to New Zealand Law & Sources of Legal Information http://forlover.blog.com/1263785/
The Law of the Internet in South Africa http://www.cyberlawsa.co.za/ Resources http://www.buys.co.za/newsroom_detail_cyberlaw_resources.asp
www.lawsoc.co.za www.lawlibrary.co.za
The Library of Congress has launched Web Capture http://www.loc.gov/webcapture/, a Web site devoted to information about its program to capture and preserve historically important Web sites so that they can be accessed by future generations of users
Libra