Intellectual Property:

UK IPO : Intellectual Property Rights Guide : South Africa 2016

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intellectual-property-rights-in-south-africa

IP Negotiations Monitor Issue No. 17 - Jan-Mar 2016

http://www.southcentre.int/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IPMonitor17_EN.pdf

Linda Ellis Copyright Troll Sends Out Extortion Letters on Easter Sunday to Religious Leaders

http://www.aprilbrown.com/copyright-infringement-the-das/

AG Wathelet: linking to unlicensed content should not be a copyright infringement per se

http://ipkitten.blogspot.co.za/2016/04/ag-wathelet-linking-to-unlicensed.html

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access. A2K & Scholarly Communication Resources

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

It's time to stand up to greedy academic publishers

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/apr/18/why-academic-journals-expensive

Trends in scientific publishing: Dark clouds loom large

http://www.jns-journal.com/article/S0022-510X(16)30105-8/pdf

Where Next for PLOS: Working Together to Make Waves in Scientific Communication

http://blogs.plos.org/plos/2016/04/where-next-for-plos-working-together-to-make-waves-in-scientific-communication/

Milking the cash cow – how publishing houses suck academics dry

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/jul/02/research-publishing-houses-suck-academics-dry

Boycotting academic publishers is a career risk for young scientists

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/jan/29/boycott-academic-journals-early-career-researchers

Academy of Science of South Africa newsletter 2016

http://www.assaf.co.za/newsletter/

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Apple e-books conspiracy appeal

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/us-supreme-court-rejects-apple-e-books-appeal/article29045952/