Intellectual Property:

Intellectual Property bill goes back to Parly (South Africa)

http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/intellectual-property-bill-goes-back-to-parly-1.1387660

Practical Guide on Intellectual Property in Africa

Request a copy at  http://www.adamsadams.com/index.php/media_centre/news/africa_handbook/

Swiss-based firm attempts to monopolise biltong

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2012/09/swiss-based-firm-attempts-to-monopolise.html

Google can Appeal Group Status of Digital Book Case

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-14/google-can-appeal-group-status-of-digital-book-case

http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57695&catid=147&o=eclo&E=curq@gonet.co.za

Copyright and the Digital Economy (IP 42) (Australia)

http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/copyright-ip42

Universities to collaborate on new copyright initiative to meet challenges of creative economy

http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/august/universities-to-collaborate-on-new-copyright-initiative-to-meet-challenges-of-creative-economy/?id=

Copyright is stuck in the '90s: Neelie Kroes calls for change

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/592&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Consumers’ International IP Watchlist 2012 – India Report

http://infojustice.org/archives/27015

Thousands Sign Petition Against Controversial Colombian Copyright Law

http://infojustice.org/archives/27112

The Journey of Open Government and Open Data in Moldova

http://infojustice.org/archives/27100

Australian Law Reform Commission: Copyright and Digital Economy Issues Paper

http://infojustice.org/archives/27083

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Opening Access to Research

http://www.berfrois.com/2012/08/peter-suber-opening-access-to-research/

 

Access and Persons with Sensory Disabilities:

Who's Against Blind People Reading? Nobody!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-fruchterman/visually-impaired-rights_b_1820365.html

 

Open Educational Resources and e-Learning:

A report on the Re-use and Adaptation of Open Educational Resources (OER): An Exploration of Technologies Available

http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=411

Coursera OERs

https://www.coursera.org/

Exploring the Business Case for Open Educational Resources

http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=421

5th E-Learning Update Conference 2012 - presentations

https://sites.google.com/site/elearningatbase/archives/2012-elearning-update-1---3-august

Open Biola - Free Educational Resources

http://open.biola.edu/

Commonwealth of Learning OER Resources

http://doer.col.org/