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iCommoners Testify

• Preserving Digital Heritage for Perpetuity… or at Least for the Next 25 Years
  Sarah Kansa notes how efforts to preserve digital archives are increasing, but she asks how long ‘forever’ really means when it comes to preserving artefacts in digital formats. �
• Colombian ruling on copyright: Without profit there is no criminal offence
  Carolina Botero Cabrera reports on a recent ground-
  breaking copyright case in Colombia.
• Comparative Study of Copyright in Brazil, India and South Africa
  This new Local Context Global Commons project aims to create a human-readable comparative report on the copyrght review process in three developing countries.

iCommons regulars

• What Bob Marley puts in his Open Access pipe - Smoke this, publishing industry!
  In the second installment of their new series, Schmatler and Waldhead look at two key projects that are challenging the norms of scholarly publishing.
• Commoner Profile - A word with Johanna Blakley
  Rebecca Kahn speaks to one of this year’s iSummit keynote speakers about her work at the Norman Lear Centre and how geeks can re-think their style.
• 10 of the Best: Open Visualisation in a Deluge of Data
  Statistical data has never been as abundant or as much fun, especially when you’re creatively collaborating and sharing the outcomes. Wojciech Gryc tells us more.

Summit news

iSummit preparations are heating up! Find out more:

• Check out our updated programme pages
• Go on, be an iSummit Friend
• Did you say FREE BEER?

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