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
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
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