Intellectual Property:

SA’s first digital pirate receives five year suspended sentence

http://www.htxt.co.za/2014/04/17/sas-first-digital-pirate-receives-five-year-suspended-sentence/

RSA: Criminal conviction for sharing local movie on Pirate Bay

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2014/04/rsa-criminal-conviction-for-sharing.html

Four Corners piracy sentence “draconian”

http://www.htxt.co.za/2014/04/17/four-corners-piracy-sentence-draconian/

FIFA releases manual on intellectual property to ward off copyright infringers

http://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/5803/20140612/fifa-releases-manual-on-intellectual-property-to-ward-off-copyright-infringers.htm

Do University Patents Pay Off? Evidence from a Survey of University Inventors in Computer Science and Electrical Engineer

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2448521

Cosoma, UK firm to promote Copyright Law compliance

http://timesmediamw.com/cosoma-uk-firm-to-promote-copyright-law-compliance/

Breaking : Copyright  Exhaustion Does Not Apply to Digital Goods Other Than Software, Hamm Court of Appeal (Germany)

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2014/06/breaking-copyright-exhaustion-does-not.html

 

Traditional Knowledge:

New Paper On Common Issues In WIPO TK, Genetic Resources Talks

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/06/13/new-paper-on-common-issues-in-wipo-tk-genetic-resources-talks/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Why Open Access is the Next Frontier for Science

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/why-open-access-is-the-next-frontier-for-science/5526566

ROAD: All Open Access Scientific Journals in One Place

http://www.nsk.hr/en/all-open-access-scientific-journals-in-one-place-road-that-takes-you-the-right-way/

Comparison of eBooks and eLending in Australian Public Libraries 2013 v 2014

https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/APLA-Ebooks-and-Elending-2013-vs-2014.pdf

Presentations from COASP Conference

http://oaspa.org/conference/presentations-coasp-asia/

Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

http://oaspa.org/principles-of-transparency-and-best-practice-in-scholarly-publishing/

Academics Continue Flirting With a Former Foe: Wikipedia

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/academics-continue-flirting-with-a-former-foe-wikipedia/53337

Dear First-Time Author: How to Turn Your Dissertation Into a Book

https://chroniclevitae.com/news/529-dear-first-time-author-how-to-turn-your-dissertation-into-a-book

One reason why open access to dissertations seldom prevents authors from publishing them as books.

https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/1zk1SQesygm

Thirty Thousand Free Images from the Museum of New Zealand

http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/news/thirty-thousand-free-images-museum-new-zealand

 

Persons with Disabilities and Access Issues:

Engaging Deaf People in Science

http://www.scidev.net/global/communication/multimedia/engaging-deaf-people-in-science.html

 

Online Course:

OpenKnowledge: Changing the global course of learning

https://class.stanford.edu/courses/Education/OpenKnowledge/Fall2014/about