Intellectual Property:

What happened at WIPO’s copyright committee 2016?

http://eifl.net/news/what-happened-wipos-copyright-committee

4 approaches for teachers on how to work with copyright in the classroom

https://medium.com/copyright-untangled/4-approaches-for-teachers-on-how-to-work-with-copyright-in-the-classroom-387a48eb1e03#.lwom8ifda

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Reflections on SARUA Leadership Dialogue on Open Access

http://askjustice.org/2016/05/19/reflections-on-the-sarua-leadership-dialogue-on-open-access-and-african-research-publishing-in-the-21st-century/

200 Free Textbooks: a Meta Collection (Open Culture)

http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks

Dissem (helps researchers ensure that their publications are freely available to their readers)

http://dissem.in/

Open minds, open access and the future of brain research

https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-biology/2014/03/12/open-minds-open-access-and-the-future-of-brain-research/

Elsevier Stirs Up Controversy with SSRN Acquisition

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/05/18/elsevier-buys-up-ssrn-stirs-up-controversy.aspx?admgarea=news

As Predicted, Elsevier's Attempt To Silence Sci-Hub Has Increased Public Awareness Massively

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160316/10375733922/as-predicted-elseviers-attempt-to-silence-sci-hub-has-increased-public-awareness-massively.shtml

Mega-Publisher Elsevier Is Buying an Open Research Site. That's Bad for Science

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/elsevier-buys-ssrn

Elsevier denies it will use SSRN to move users on to its services

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elsevier-denies-it-will-use-ssrn-move-users-its-services

SSRN, Elsevier and the future of scholarly infrastructure.

https://medium.com/@ianmulvany/ssrn-elsevier-and-the-future-of-scholarly-infrastructure-614862eee626#.g6ta436vn

Sci-Hub, The Repository Of 'Infringing' Academic Papers Now Available Via Telegram

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160515/01471134445/sci-hub-repository-infringing-academic-papers-now-available-via-telegram.shtml