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This Libguide is a useful guide on international, regional and South African copyright and related issues.
Copyright
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Model Copyright Laws
Copyright Terms & Extension
Copyright and photographs (guidelines)
Orphan Works
Copyright and Contract Law
Copyright and 3D Printing
Text and data mining & copyright
Applying for Copyright (for Wits only)
Copyright and the Database Debate
Copyright and Disability Issues
IP Treaties
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WIPO
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
Marrakesh Treaty June 2013
Current Proposals for Treaties at WIPO (2013)
Berne 3-Step Test
TRIPS
Limitations & Exceptions
IP Policies
Publisher Copyright Policies
Author's Rights
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Wits Addendum to Publication Agreement
Author's Rights/Copyright Ownership
Who Owns Copyright?
When Does an Employer Own Copyright?
State Ownership (Section 21(2) of the SA Copyright Act)
Artist's Resale Rights
Public Lending Rights
Copyright & Indexers
Public Domain
Int'l Copyright Laws/Changes
IP Organisations/Lawyers
SA Copyright Law
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Works Eligible for Copyright Protection in South Africa
Copyright Term of Protection
Copyright Infringement - Penalties
Papers/articles on SA Copyright Law
Copyright Guidelines for SA Schools
SA Proposed Amendments
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CAB returned to Parliament
Copyright Amendment Bill (final version approved by NCoP on 28.3.2019)
Opinion on CAB and the Constitution 13.10.2019
Commonly Asked Questions on the Copyright Amendment Bill (Updated 2020)
Constitutionality of the Bill
USTR GSP trade threats re: Bill
Genesis and Process of Copyright Amendment Bill
Breaking the Impasse: Copyright Amendment Bill Seminar Wits 2.12.2019
Exceptions & Limitations for Educational and Library Sectors in Bill
Copyright Amendment Bill (Ver. 3 & 4, 2018)
Copyright Amendment Bill Draft No. 2, 2018
Copyright Amendment Bill 2017
Copyright Amendment Bill 2015
DTI Impact Studies/Commissions/Reviews
Performers' Protection Amendment Bill 2016
Extension of copyright term not in interest of developing countries
Fundamental rights, and global copyright legislative best practice for access to knowledge in South Africa
Copyright Amendment Bill 13D-2017-passed by the National Assembly 1 Sep 2022
Fair Use/Dealing
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Important cases for access to information
Fair Use - Best Practice Guidelines for various stakeholders
CMO's
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DRMs/TPMs
Reports/Projects,etc.
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IFLA & EIFL Copyright Resources
SA and African Copyright Resources/Research
Wits Library
Articles
Various resources
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IP & Social Media
OA
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CC Licences
Commentary on the Copyright Amendment Bill
FAIR USE OP-ED Confused about the complexities of the Copyright Amendment Bill? So, it seems, are many parliamentarians
Ignore the hubris surrounding the Copyright Bill — it could transform our creative sector
Some articles/resources
The "information-starved" - is there any hope of reaching the "information super highway"? (Denise R. Nicholson) 2002
"Shaky and ill-prepared": public performance law in South Africa
'Digital is not different' - copyright in digital environment (Barbara Szczepańska)
The 'Road to Dignity by 2030' includes access to information and an open internet
3D Printers And Intellectual Property Rights - Intellectual Property - Germany
3D Printing, The Maker Movement, IP Litigation and Legal Reform
10 Big Myths about copyright explained (USA)
Acknowledging the Conflict Between Copyright Law and Freedom of Expression Under the Human Rights Act by Michael Birnhack :: SSRN
Against Perpetual Copyright (L. Lessig)
The Anatomy of the Human Rights Framework for Intellectual Property
Artificial intelligence and copyright
Birth of the African Access to Knowledge Alliance
Bridging the Differences between Copyright's Legal Traditions – The Emerging EC Fair Use Doctrine by Martin Senftleben :: SSRN
British Library Digitisation: access and copyright. (E/. King)
Burn Berne: ... (A. Story, 2003)
Commissioned works – with special reference to literary works
The Comparative Economic of International Intellectual Property Agreements (P. Yu) (2016)
Consultation on Copyright (UK Government) 2011
Copyright - Are people with sensory-disabilities getting a fair deal?
Copyright and Digital Images (JISC)
Copyright and Digital Music Collections in South Africa (F. Polak)(Thesis)
Copyright and Education: Lessons on African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (T. Schonwetter et al)
Copyright and the Digital Economy (ALRC Report 122)
Copyright and the DMCA : Here's How it works (+Fair use tips)
Copyright and the Public Interest: The Importance of Ensuring that Righteousness of Purpose Doesn’t Trump Principle
COPYRIGHT BILL OP-ED A sea of red herrings: Addressing efforts to delay urgent copyright reform in SA by Denise Nicholson and Kyla Mc Nulty
The Copyright Grab (P. Samuelson)
Copyright guidelines and general resources-Scholarly Horizons-Denise Nicholson
Copyright in a Digital Age: Conflict, Risk, and Reward (K. Smith)(2013)
Copyright or copywrong? How journals control access to research
The Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation and Its Implications for the Cultural Record
Copyright Piracy and the Internet
Copyright Resource Center (Music Publishers Association of the United States)
Copyright Resources Online
Copyrights and Creative Copying by Ann Bartow :: SSRN
Copyright Week: How Copyright Is Being Use To Destroy Property Rights | Techdirt
Copyright Week: Open Access As The Antidote To Privatizing Knowledge And Learning | Techdirt
Covid and Coyright - Impact on Education and Libraries in South Africa (D. Nicholson 2020)
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Creative Markets and Copyright in the Fourth Industrial Era: Reconfiguring the Public Benefit for a Digital Trade Economy (R. Okediji, 2018)
Crown Copyright and the Privitzation of Information (C. Colebatch)
The curious absence of human rights: can the WIPO Development Agenda transform IP negotiations?
Currents and Crosscurrents in the International Intellectual Property Regime (P. Yu)
Digital Copyright and Confuzzling Rhetoric (P.Yu)(2011)
The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Content in the Digital Age A Foundational White Paper
The Digital Threat to the Normative Role of Copyright Law
Digitisation and digital curation resources-Scholarly Horizons-Denise Nicholson
A Dilemma of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries (2016)
Ending digital copyright act would fundamentally change Internet
Enforcement, Economics and Estimates (P. Yu)(2010)
Enforcement, Enforcement, What Enforcement? (P. Yu)(2011)
Free Access and Reasonable Remuneration: Electronic Publishing and the Copyright Question (Segun Ogunleye)
FreeLearning - Essays on Open Educational Resources and Copyright
From Having Copies to Experiencing Works: the Development of an Access Right in U.S. Copyright Law by Jane Ginsburg :: SSRN
Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology
The Global Intellectual Property Order and Its Undetermined Future (P. Yu)(2009)
Gowers Report On Intellectual Property Too Balanced For Its Own Good | Techdirt
The Gowers Review of Intellectual Property Extending the UK's Copyright Exceptions (B. Stratton)
The Graduated Response (P. Yu)(2010)
Guidelines for Fair Dealing in an Electronic Environment (JISC & IPA 1998)
A Half-Century of Scholarsihp on the Chinese IP System (P. Yu)
The Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish
How Copyright Law is holding back Australian creators (2018)
How Copyright Law May Affect Pop Music Without Our Knowing It (P. Yu)(2014)
The Impact of Copyright on Access to Public Information in African Countries: a perspective from Uganda and South Africa (D. Nicholson & D. Kawooya)
Impasse: Distance Learning and Copyright (L. Gasaway)(2001)
The Imperfect is the Enemy of the Good: Anticircumvention vs. Open Innovation
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: a Better set of approaches for the 21st century
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: A Better Set of Approaches for the 21st century (J. Stiglitz)(2017)
Intellectual Property: Benefit or Burden for Africa (D. Nicholson) (2006)
Intellectual Property and Contract Law for the Information Age
Intellectual Property and Development: Overview of Developments in Multilateral, Plurilateral, and Bilateral Fora (South Centre/CIEL)(2005)
Intellectual Property and Human Rights in the Nonmultilateral Era (P. Yu)(2012)
Intellectual Property and the Arts |
Intellectual Property by Peter Menell, Suzanne Scotchmer :: SSRN
Intellectual Property Dynamics in Africa’s Informal Economies « Ideas in Development
Intellectual Property in the Context of E-Science by Dan Burk :: SSRN
Intellectual Property in the Twenty-First Century: Will the Developing Countires Lead or Follow? (J. Reichman)
Intellectual Property Rights - Copyright Framework and Exclusive Rights, Copyright Protection and the Public Domain, Copyright Ownership - Act, Copyrighted, Section, Education, Research, and Fair
Intellectual Property Rights: Issues for Creation of Institutional Repository | Nath | DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
Intellectual Property Rights Copyright Framework and Exclusive Rights, Copyright Protection and the Public Domain, Copyright Ownership
The Investment-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (P. Yu)(2017)
IP Public Lecture 2022 – Influence or Infringement in Music
Joseph Stiglitz on Intellectual Property for the Twenty-First-Century Economy
Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship
KEI: WIPO should update 1976 Tunis Model Law on Copyright for Developing Countries | Knowledge Ecology International
Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity | Video
Laurence Kaye on Digital Media Law: Hargreaves Review - Prof Jacobs drills into the detail
A Law and Economics Analysis of Fair Use Differences Comparing the US and UK by Antony Dnes :: SSRN
Lessig: Copyright isn't just hurting creativity: it's killing science (video) | Motherboard
Liberty versus Property? Cracks in the Foundations of Copyright Law by Richard Epstein :: SSRN
Libraries, Digital Content, and Copyright (L. Gasaway)
Libraries in a Digital and Aggressively Copyrighted World: Retaining Patron Access Through Changing Technologies (A. Bartow)(2001)
Libraries in the Digital Age: Minimum Copyright Provisions (T. Hackett)
List of copyright case law - Wikipedia,
List of countries' copyright length (Wikipedia)
Long walk to copyright reform
The Loss of Access Copyright Royalties and the Effect on Publishers: Sifting Fact from Fiction (Part 1) | Ariel Katz
The mass collaboration of digital information : an ethical examination of YouTube and intellectual property rights
The Middle Kingdom and the Intellectual Property World (P.Yu)(2011)
The Middle Kingdom and the Intellectual Property World (P. Yu)(2011)
Music Law Updates
Musos Ask Minister To Amend Copyright Law
The Mythical Beginnings of Intellectual Property by Jessica Silbey :: SSRN
A New Copyright Order: Why Natoinal Courts Should Create Global Norms (G.B. Dinwoodie)(2000)
The Nexus of Copyright and Intellectual Privacy (A. Cameron)
No Copyright Law: The Real Reason for Germany's Industrial Expansion? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Nothing New under the Sun (J. Band) (2016)
Not Relying On Copyright Doesn't Mean You Don't Make Money | Techdirt
Opting Out of the Internet in the United States and the European Union: Copyright, Safe Harbors, and International Law by Hannibal Travis :: SSRN
Overcoming the Achilles Heel of Copyright Law
Overprotection and Protection Overlaps in Intellectual Property Law - the Need for Horizontal Fair Use Defences by Martin Senftleben :: SSRN
Pamela Samuelson on the Future of Books in Cyberspace «
Perceptions about Copyright of Digital Content and its Effects on Scholarship: A South African Perspective
Perceptions of Intellectual Property: a Review (Roya Ghafele)
The Perils of Strong Copyright: The American Library Association and Free Culture (.M. Griffey)(2004)
The Perils of Strong Copyright: The American Library Association and Free Culture (2004)_perils_of_copyright.pdf
The pirates of YouTube | Technology | guardian.co.uk
The Quest for a User-Friendly Copyright Regime in Hong Kong (P. Yu)(2016)
Reconceptualizing Intellectual Property Interests in a Human Rights Framework (P. Yu) (2007)
Region Codes and the Territorial Mess (P. Yu)(2012)
Relevant Considerations in respect of IP and Competition Law
The Rise and Decline of the Intellectual Property Powers (P.Yu)(2012)
Simple Thoughts About Fair Use
Six Secret (and now open) Fears of ACTA (P.Yu)(2011)
South Africa: Copyright’s Blurred Lines
South Centre Quarterly IP Updates (Archives)
South Perspective - How Developing Countries Can Manage Intellectual Property Rights to Maximize Access to Knowledge
A Spatial Critique of Intellectual Property Law and Policy (P. Yu)(2017)
Special Issue on Intellectual Property Rights and creating an African digital information commons (SAJIC, 2006)
A State Law Approach to Preserving Fair Use in Academic Libraries by David Hansen :: SSRN
Ten Common Questions About Intellectual Property and Human Rights (P. Yu)(2007)
Thematic Issue: African Intersections between Intellectual Property Rights and Knowledge Access (AJIC Issue 16,2015)
Toolkit on preservation
Toward Supranational Copyright Law? The WTO Panel Decision and the 'Three-Step Test' for Copyright Exceptions
TRIPs and Its Discontents (P. Yu)
Unpacking the positive sides of fair use for society and creatives at large-Denise Nicholson
What has copyright got to do with newspapers? - a South African perspective (Denise Nicholson)
What if we could reimagine copyright? (Book)
What principles should guide African governments in realising the right to research in Africa?
What Royalties? Never Seen a Cent! (Denise Nicholson)
When Copyright Goes Bad (Video)
Why Intellectual Property is a Misnomer (D. Takash, B. Lindsey) 2019
Why is it necessary for the South African Copyright Act to be amended?
Copyright and COVID-19
Research Report: How well did copyright laws serve libraries during COVID-19?
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