Intellectual Property:

Let’s Create An Alternative Copyright Agenda by and for the Users

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/lets-create-alternative-copyright-agenda-by-internet-users

Open Letter from Global Academics in Support of Proposal to Amend Brazil’s Patent Law to Take Advantage of TRIPS-Compliant Flexibilities

http://infojustice.org/support-brazil

South Africa seeks to close drug patent loophole

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/us-safrica-medicines-idUSBRE93L0M420130422

Finnish Parliament to Consider Crowdsourced Copyright Law Revisions

http://tech2.in.com/news/general/finnish-parliament-to-consider-crowdsourced-copyright-law-revisions/908658

Prince of Fair Use

http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/251914/Copyright/Prince+Of+Fair+Use&email_access=on

States: The Next Great Copyright Act/

http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/251572/Copyright/The+Next+Great+Copyright+Act

The Myth of Free use of Social Media content

http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/252030/Social+Media/The+Myth+Of+Free+Use+Of+Social+Media+Content&email_access=on

 

Traditional Knowledge:

The Winning Choice for Traditional Culture (South Africa)

http://blogs.sun.ac.za/iplaw/2013/07/20/the-winning-choice-for-traditional-culture/

Report Seeks To Advance Discussions On Shared Traditional Knowledge

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/07/22/report-seeks-to-advance-discussions-on-shared-traditional-knowledge/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Protecting Shared and Widely Distributed Traditional Knowledge: Issues, challenges and options

http://ictsd.org/downloads/2013/07/maneul-ruiz-july-2013-version.pdf

WIPO Talks on Future of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore Intensify

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/07/24/wipo-talks-on-future-of-tk-genetic-resources-folklore-intensify/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ip-watch+(Intellectual+Property+Watch)

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access and the Changing Landscape of Research Impact Indicators: New Roles for Repositories

http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/1/2/56

Green OA Embargoes – Just a Publisher Tactic for Delaying  the Optimal and Inevitable

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1023-Green-OA-Embargoes-Just-a-Publisher-Tactic-for-Delaying-the-Optimal-and-Inevitable.html

Lobby group demands to know why copyright law review delayed until TPP talks complete (New Zealand)

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/lobby-group-demands-know-why-copyright-law-review-delayed-until-tpp-talks-complete-143158

IFLA Launches Digital Library

http://library.ifla.org/

Paperless public libraries switch to digital

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22160990?goback=%2Egde_126125_member_260246723%2Egde_126125_member_260350534