Intellectual Property:
European Parliament Passes Orphan Works Directive
http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/09/13/european-parliament-passes-orphan-works-directive/
Dutch court rules linking to photos is copyright infringement
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
C.U. Library Creates New Business Model for Research Database – ArXiv.org
Is the Harvard Open Access Policy Legally Sound? – Yes
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/09/17/is-the-harvard-open-access-policy-legally-sound/
Google Releases Open Source Online Education Software
UK OA Policy Urgently Needs a Tweak
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september12/harnad/09harnad.html
Hybrid gold open access and the Chesire cat’s grin: How to repair the new open access policy of RCUK
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/09/03/hybrid-open-access-repair-rcuk/
Why the UK Should Not Heed the Finch Report
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/341128/
Green and Gold Open Access Percentages and Growth, by Discipline
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/340294/1/stiGargouri.pdf
Open Educational Resources
Creating OER and Combining Licenses (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkz4q2yuQU8&feature=youtu.be
OER Resources