Intellectual Property:
A new course for The Pan African Intellectual Property Organization is urgently needed – Sign this Petition

http://www.change.org/petitions/a-new-course-for-the-pan-african-intellectual-property-organization-is-urgently-needed

Senator wants to bring copyright law to the runway       

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/scholar-argues-fashion-is-like-free-software/

Court Rules Book Scanning is Fair Use, Suggesting Google Books Victory

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/court-rules-book-scanning-is-fair-use-suggesting-google-books-victory/

Petition against the Pan African IP Organizations’ Proposals

http://www.change.org/petitions/a-new-course-for-the-pan-african-intellectual-property-organization-is-urgently-needed

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Celebrate Open Access Week (22-28 October 2012)

http://www.openaccessweek.org/

Open Access (Peter Suber)

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book)

California universities to produce 50 open-source textbooks

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/california-universities-to-produce-50-open-source-textbooks/

Open Access Africa 2012

http://www.openaccessweek.org/video/open-access-africa-2012

Stevan Harnad: How & why the RCUK Open Access Policy needs to be revised

http://www.openaccessweek.org/video/stevan-harnad-how-why-the-rcuk-open-access-policy-needs-to-be