Intellectual Property:

UK Implements Copyright Term Extension From 50 to 70 Years

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/11/04/uk-implements-copyright-term-extension-from-50-to-70-years/

A Few Global Cultural Treasures We Will Lose For 20 Years Under the TPP

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/few-global-cultural-treasures-lose-20-years-under-tpp

Massive Coalition of Japanese Organizations Campaigns Against TPP Copyright Provisions

http://infojustice.org/archives/34140

Members of the European Parliament Must Support the Reda Report on Copyright Reform!

http://infojustice.org/archives/34130

Best Practices to Lower your Copyright Risks

http://www.copyrightlaws.com/international/copyright-compliance-and-management-lower-your-copyright-risks/?utm_content=buffer8ac49&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for the Visual Arts (USA)

http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/fair-use/best-practices-fair-use-visual-arts.pdf

Post-Digital Scholar Conference Videos: Session 5 – Piracy and Open Access

https://hybridpublishing.org/2015/03/post-digital-scholar-conference-videos-session-5-piracy-and-open-access/

SPARC applauds reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act - 19 Mar 2015

http://www.knowledgespeak.com/newsArchieveviewdtl.asp?pickUpID=21068&pickUpBatch=2657

UN Human Rights Council Debates Report Criticising Copyright

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/03/11/human-rights-council-debates-report-criticising-copyright/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The Open Access Advantage Considering Citation, Article Usage and Social Media Attention

http://arxiv-web3.library.cornell.edu/abs/1503.05702

National Science Foundation Issues Open Access Policy (US)

http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/updates/access.cfm

Defending the global knowledge commons           

https://www.opendemocracy.net/jackie-smith/defending-global-knowledge-commons

Introducing ThinkLab – A platform for massively collaborative open science

http://thinklab.com/blog/introducing-thinklab-a-platform-for-massively-collaborative-open-science/38

Beyond Beall’s List: We need a better understanding of predatory publishing without overstating its size and danger.

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/03/18/beyond-bealls-list-predatory-publishers/

Predatory Publishing Practices

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

 

Open Educational Resources/MOOCs:

Harvard and MIT sued for neglecting people with disabilities in online courses

http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/13/8033097/harvard-mit-sued-captions-online-courses-deaf

MOOCs for everyone, but the deaf

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-mooc-access-20150321-story.html