Browsing by Subject "intellectual property"

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    Copyright guide for educators in SA
    (2010) Donnelly, Shihaam
    This resource contains materials for educators on copyright laws in South Africa, particularly educators in higher education. **UPDATED**This resource assists with creating awareness of copyright laws in South Africa and can serve as a teaching aid or information supplement.
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    Creative Commons infographic
    (2010) Donnelly, Shihaam
    This is a high resolution infographic detailing the basics of Creative Commons licenses - it explains the 4 main terms of these licenses. The Creative Commons infographic is ideal as a poster and is intended to supplement the teaching of Creative Commons licensing and copyright management.
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    Knowledge & innovation in Africa: scenarios for the future
    (Open A.I.R., 2014) Elahi, Shirin; De Beer, Jeremy; Kawooya, Dick; Oguamanam, Chidi; Rizk, Nagla; Open A.I.R. Network
    This book is the product of three years of literature reviews, expert interviews and scenario-building exercises by the Open African Innovation Research and Training (Open A.I.R.) network, which has members in 14 African countries. The authors trace the contours of knowledge and innovation in Africa from the founding civilisations to today’s current realities, and then set out the drivers of change that can be expected to shape innovation systems on the continent between now and the year 2035. The volume then offers three plausible scenarios – elements of which are likely to emerge in various settings on the continent in the short- to medium-term. Each scenario raises different issues for control of, and access to, knowledge in Africa. The key insight for policymakers, business leaders, scholars and civil society is that the question is not whether intellectual property (IP) rights will be relevant in the future, but rather which rights will be most important in different scenarios.
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    Leveraging blockchain and artificial intelligence for enhanced copyright enforcement in South Africa
    (2025) Mugauri, Joseph; Ncube, Caroline
    Leveraging Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Copyright Enforcement in South Africa The Fourth Industrial Revolution has significantly impacted copyright enforcement, particularly in South Africa, where technological advancements have bolstered and challenged existing frameworks. This dissertation explores the integration of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance copyright enforcement mechanisms in the digital realm. Current enforcement methods face several challenges, including lengthy legal proceedings, slow legislative updates, circumvention techniques, accessibility concerns, non-compliance, and algorithmic bias. These issues necessitate innovative solutions to protect intellectual property rights effectively. With its decentralised and immutable nature, blockchain technology offers promising solutions for transparent and efficient copyright enforcement. Concurrently, AI technologies such as machine learning, deep learning, and adaptive algorithms can enhance the detection and prevention of copyright infringements, including brute force attacks, malware, phishing, and illegal streaming. This research delves into the potential of AI and blockchain for detecting infringing content, blockchain-based arbitration platforms for resolving disputes, and adaptive watermarking algorithms to trace the unauthorised use of digital content. The benefits of these technologies include increased efficiency, improved accuracy, transparency, and traceability. However, implementing these technologies poses challenges such as regulatory compliance, privacy concerns, ethical considerations, and associated costs. It recommends policy updates, ethical guidelines, and collaborative efforts to ensure blockchain and AI's responsible and effective use in copyright enforcement. By leveraging these technologies, South Africa can strengthen its copyright framework, fostering creativity and innovation while safeguarding intellectual property rights in the digital age.
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    Open Access Week 2014: Open access and copyright seminar
    (2014-10-30) Schonwetter, Tobias
    In this seminar during UCT Open Access Week 2014, Dr Tobias Schonwetter discusses Open Access publication from a legal standpoint, focusing on issues of copyright and intellectual property as they pertain to academics working in South Africa in general and UCT more specifically. Topics covered in this lecture include the history and definition of copyright; copyright law and case law in South Africa; fair dealing (fair use) and other forms of copyright exemption; and open licensing. This video resource is valuable for academics working within South Africa who wish to publish Open Access materials and create Open Educational Resources.
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    Stealing Empire: P2P, intellectual property and hip-hop subversion
    (2010) Haupt, Adam
    Stealing Empire poses the question, ""What possibilities for agency exist in the age of corporate globalisation?"" Using the work of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt as a point of entry, Adam Haupt delves into varied terrain to locate answers in this ground-breaking inquiry. He explores arguments about copyright via peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms such as Napster, free speech struggles, debates about access to information and open content licenses, and develops a politically incisive analysis of counter discourses produced by South African hip-hop artists. Stealing Empire is vital reading for law, media and cultural studies scholars who want to make sense of the ways in which legal and communication strategies are employed to secure hegemony.
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    UCT Open Education Week 2015
    (2015-04-07) King, Thomas; Cox, Glenda; Makwande, Tinashe; Kawana, Monde
    On 13 March 2015 the Vice Chancellor's Open Educational Resources Adaptation project hosted an event which focused on the Open Educational activities underway at the University of Cape Town. Emeritus Professor Martin Hall provided the keynote address with '50 Shades of Openness', giving the audience some feedback on the history of the Open movement and sharing insights from his time as XXXX of Jisc, the British library consortium. He was followed by Mark Horner, talking about Open Textbooks in South African schools; Tobias Schonwetter, who provided a brief look at the legal frameworks behind open licensing; Sukaina Walhi, reporting on UCT's MOOCs project; Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, talkiing about the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development project; Jill Claassen, the manager of the OpenUCT repository; and Juan Klopper, sharing his experiences of providing Open Education.