Intellectual Property:

On Trying Not to Worry About Piracy

http://intheopen.net/2016/06/on-trying-not-to-worry-about-piracy/

Fair Use is the Lifeblood of Academia

http://intheopen.net/2016/04/fair-use-is-the-lifeblood-of-academia/

Some facts about the Productivity Commission's Draft Report (Australia)

www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/current/.../draft/intellectual-property-draft-factsheet.docx

Rome Court of First Instance says that ISP's unjustified delay in removing infringing content ... removes safe harbour protection

http://ipkitten.blogspot.co.za/2016/06/rome-court-of-first-instance-says-that.html

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Important signals from the EU on Open Access

http://www.uio.no/om/aktuelt/rektors-blogg/2016/important-signals-from-the-eu-on-open-access.html

Text and Data Mining for Research and Innovation – What Europe must do next?

http://www.lisboncouncil.net//index.php?option=com_downloads&id=1261

 

Open Science:

EU science ministers’ open access victory

http://horizon2020projects.com/es-european-research-council/eu-science-ministers-open-access-victory-2/

EU Wants All Scientific Papers to be Open Access by 2020

http://interestingengineering.com/eu-wants-scientific-papers-open-access-2020/

The Dutch Presidency rises to the occasion

http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/news/the-dutch-presidency-rises-to-the-occasion/

ScienceOpen partners with SciELO to put research in a global context

http://about.scienceopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SO_PR_160531_Scielo_Final.pdf

Accurate science or accessible science in the media

https://theconversation.com/accurate-science-or-accessible-science-in-the-media-why-not-both-59871

Open Digital Science - Final study report

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/open-digital-science-final-study-report

Open Science information

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

 

Open Textbooks, eBooks and OERs:

The Open eBooks Initiative: Giving the Power of Reading to Those who Need it Most

https://www.imls.gov/news-events/project-profiles/open-ebooks-initiative-giving-power-reading-those-who-need-it-most

Pushing for Open Textbooks

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/31/pushing-open-textbooks/

Large-scale adoption of open educational resources as a differentiator

http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/large-scale-adoption-open-educational-resources-differentiator