Intellectual Property:

United States: Can You Make An Infringement Claim Over Thumbnail Images?

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=492892&email_access=on

United States: The Internet Archive Wayback Machine: A Useful IP Litigation Tool, But Is It Admissible?

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=493430&email_access=on

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

8 Ways to Identify a Questionable Open Access Journal

http://arc.aje.com/8-ways-identify-questionable-open-access-journal/

Moocs prove that universities can and should embrace online learning

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/moocs-prove-universities-can-and-should-embrace-online-learning

Elsevier denies it will force SSRN users on to other services

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elsevier-denies-it-will-force-ssrn-users-other-services

Elsevier is tricking authors into surrendering their rights - See more at: http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1915#sthash.j2Y2ffDH.dpuf

http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1915

Taxi Ken and I discuss the UK's negotiations with Elsevier

https://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2016/05/23/taxi-ken-and-i-discuss-the-uks-negotiations-with-elsevier/

Counting fee-based and no-fee #openaccess journals.

https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/HjrRDcrZS8p

What do we mean when we call scholarly communications platforms ‘sustainable’?

https://www.martineve.com/2016/05/23/what-do-we-mean-when-we-call-scholarly-communications-platforms-sustainable/

Science Publishing Group: A Complete Scam

https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/05/24/science-publishing-group-a-complete-scam/

Major Updates for the Open Access Button and Open Data Button

https://openaccessbutton.org/blog/may-major-updates

The SciHub Data Part 2: Academic Pirates

http://ruleofthirds.de/scihub-part2/

The unquiet corpse of Ingelfinger is still shambling around, smashing up science

https://svpow.com/2016/05/23/the-unquiet-corpse-of-ingelfinger-is-still-shambling-around-smashing-up-science/