Intellectual Property:

Copyright free Europe? EU parliamentary committee calls for 'sharing without intellectual property rights'

http://rt.com/news/eu-copyright-free-sharing-588/

'Worst copyright law in history': Panama set to crack down on piracy

http://rt.com/news/panama-copyright-law-piracy-168/

Informal EU deal on orphan works done

http://the1709blog.blogspot.it/2012/06/informal-eu-deal-on-orphan-works-done.html

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Peru ETD 2012 Conference papers/presentations

http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/en/acercadeETD/overview.asp

On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/on-the-net-a-scam-of-a-most-scholarly-kind/article3939161.ece?homepage=true

Open Access Deal for Particle Physics

http://www.nature.com/news/open-access-deal-for-particle-physics-1.11468#/comment-50535

The launch of ImpactStory: using altmetrics to tell data-driven stories

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/09/25/the-launch-of-impactstor/

Response to Criticism of Repository Route to Open Access

http://www.friendofopenaccess.org.uk/index.php/response-to-criticism-of-repository-route-to-oa

Open Access in UK: Reinventing the Big Deal

http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/open-access-in-uk-reinventing-big-deal.html

OECD Report Shows Rise of Internet Services

http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/10/07/oecd-report-shows-rise-of-internet-services/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

 

Conference Alerts: 

WIPO Conferences and Meetings

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/