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

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/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

http://www.cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2012/09/13/cu-library-creates-new-business-model-research-database

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

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/google-releases-open-source-online-education-software/39882?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

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

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources