(5 August 2015). Turnitin has surveyed students to find out what they think about the value of writing, originality and feedback, and then also to ask them their opinions about Turnitin. The results were encouraging and quite positive. It appears that Turnitin’s Originality Reports, alone, seem to help them improve significantly in avoiding plagiarism. However,…
(30 July 2015) The Commerce Ministry has urged people to study the details of the new Copyright Act carefully before sharing information online or trading second-hand products. The new law will take effect on August 4. Deputy Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said it would have eight main features. First, it will focus on tackling internet…
(24 July 2015) TheUK’s publishing sector has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, with book piracy at half the rate of copyright theft in film and music. The Guardian tells us why.
(27 July 2015) The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPPA”) negotiations are drawing to a close says The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) in a recent blog post. When the deal is signed off LIANZA anticipates that there will be significant changes proposed to New Zealand’s copyright law. Likely changes include the extension…
(26 June 2015) The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on copyright is meeting next week with an agenda of discussions on a potential international instrument to protect broadcasting organisations’ copyrights, and at the same time exceptions and limitations to copyright for the benefit of libraries, archives, education, research, and persons with disabilities other than sight…
(24 June 2015) Alibaba Group and The International Publishers Copyright Protection Coalition in China (IPCC) today announced they have strengthened their collaboration through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU broadens the scope of an earlier agreement signed in August 2011. Under the new MoU, the parties will cooperate to combat copyright…
(23 June 2015) goodEreader reports that Australia has just passed a new law that would require internet service providers to block websites that show pirated material, such as eBooks. The websites are not up to the internet companies, instead publishers and rights holders have to make a case to the Federal government and demand sites…
(22 June 2015) Libgen, the largest online repository of free books and academic articles, has pretty much vanished from the internet. Earlier this month the site’s operators were sued by academic publishing company Elsevier, who asked a New York federal court for a preliminary injunction hoping to keep the site down for good. Most of…
(9 June 2015) Academic publishing company Elsevier has filed a complaint at a New York District Court, hoping to shut down the Library Genesis project and the SciHub.org search engine. The sites, which are particularly popular in developing nations where access to academic works is relatively expensive, are accused of pirating millions of scientific articles.…
(27 May 2015) EIFL reports that as Myanmar emerges from five decades of economic and political isolation, the government is taking measures to open up the economy and to introduce legal and social reforms across a wide range of sectors. Trade-related legislation such as competition and consumer protection laws are being revised, and comprehensive new…
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