Intellectual Property:

New Proposal to Extend WHO Action Plan on innovation, IP Rights

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/01/27/new-proposal-to-extend-who-action-plan-on-innovation-ip-rights/

Marrakesh Treaty Ratification by the Republic of Paraguay

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/marrakesh/treaty_marrakesh_6.html

 

Net Neutrality:

The Internet of Things is going to be a legal nightmare

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/27/7921025/will-self-regulation-be-a-huge-problem-for-privacy-in-the-internet-of

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

OA Images

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication/OAImage

Scientists have the power to change the publishing system

http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/scientists-power-change-publishing-system/

Luminos – OA monograph publishing

http://www.luminosoa.org/

Open Access Book Publishing on behalf of The Oberlin Group  Dec 2013

https://leverinitiative.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/oa-monograph-report_dec13_v1.pdf

Toward a Sustainable Approach to Open Access Publishing and Archiving

http://knconsultants.org/toward-a-sustainable-approach-to-open-access-publishing-and-archiving/

Myths about Open Access Publishing

https://wits-ac-za.libapps.com/libguides/admin_c.php?g=145291&p=1364268

Making your publications open access: Resources to assist researchers and librarians

https://www.academia.edu/10283657/Making_your_publications_open_access_Resources_to_assist_researchers_and_librarians

Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7689.html?utm_campaign=01.26.2015+%281%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SilverpopMailing

 

Predatory Publishers

Predatory Practices

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication/Predatory_Publisher

Jocalyn Clark: How to avoid predatory journals—a five point plan

http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2015/01/19/jocalyn-clark-how-to-avoid-predatory-journals-a-five-point-plan/

Why A Fake Article Titled "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?" Was Accepted By 17 Medical Journals

http://www.fastcompany.com/3041493/body-week/why-a-fake-article-cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs-was-accepted-by-17-medical-journals

Medical Publishing Triage – Chronicling Predatory Open Access Publishers (ScienceDirect)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080113700359

Exposing the predators - Methods to stop predatory journals (2014)

https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/28943/MA-thesis_Wehrmeijer_PredatoryJournals.pdf?sequence=1

Predatory Journals: An Experiment

http://allaboutwork.org/2015/01/26/predatory-journals-an-experiment/