Intellectual Property:

Online legal publishers squabble over the right to copyright the law

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/online-legal-publishers-squabble-over-the-right-to-copyright-the-law/

Singapore: Wedding Photos And Copyright

http://www.mondaq.com/x/465138/Copyright/Wedding+Photos+and+Copyright

Using Copyright to Shut Down “The Pirate Bay” of Scientific Research is 100% against the purpose of copyright

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160214/15013133603/using-copyright-to-shut-down-pirate-bay-scientific-research-is-100-against-purpose-copyright.shtml

Sci-Hub Founder Fighting to Keep Pirated Repository of Academic Papers Alive

http://www.labcritics.com/scihub-founder-fighting-to-keep-open-access-repository-of-scientific-articles-alive-6226/

Sci-Hub should be able to freely share its scientific resources for those who want to learn

http://www.dailytitan.com/2016/02/sci-hub-should-be-able-to-freely-share-its-scientific-resources-for-those-who-want-to-learn/

 

Access for Persons with Disabilities:

President Obama Sends Two WIPO Copyright Treaties To US Senate For Ratification

http://infojustice.org/archives/35756

Commercial Availability : The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

http://benetech.blogspot.co.za/2016/02/commercial-availability-poison-pill-for.html

Why Your County Should Ratify the Marrakesh Treaty

http://benetech.blogspot.co.za/2015/12/why-your-country-should-ratify.html

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Zika virus initiative reveals deeper malady in scientific publishing

https://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2016/feb/16/zika-virus-scientific-publishing-malady

Academic libraries’ role in Research Data Management Services: a South African perspective

http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1563

Enhancing information research and learning skills through e-learning: the case of Monash University Library

http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1561

Research on e-book usage in academic libraries: ‘tame’ solution or a ‘wicked problem’?

http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1560

What Open Access is and What it is not

http://dnadigest.org/what-open-access-is-and-what-it-is-not/

What Should We Make of Secret Open Access Deals?

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/02/16/what-should-we-make-of-secret-open-access-deals/

A social networking site is not an open access repository

http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/

 

eBooks:

Research on e-book usage in academic libraries: ‘tame’ solution or a ‘wicked problem’?

http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1560

92% of college students prefer print books to e-books, study finds

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-92-percent-college-students-prefer-paper-over-pixels-20160208-story.html