World Book and Copyright Day (23 April 2015)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Day

http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/world-book-and-copyright-day-celebrated-globally#.VTiVyLh5VLA.facebook

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/wbcd

 

Intellectual Property:

Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill introduced into Parliament  (Australia)

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=389380&email_access=on

The Restricted Acts Of Reproduction And Distribution In EU Copyright Law

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=389522&email_access=on

Three's Company But Two's A Crowd: Theatrical Parodies Of Copyrighted Works (USA)

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=389888&email_access=on

  

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Collaborative publishing: the difference between ‘gratis journals’ and ‘open access journals’

http://repositorio.ul.pt/bitstream/10451/17952/1/PP-593.pdf

Business Model Generation (OA book)

http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/book

Shedding Light on the ‘Dark Web’

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=389890&email_access=on

 

Data and Data Management

Open all hours: How open data is helping some of the world's most impoverished countries

http://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/analysis/open-all-hours-how-open-data-helping-some-worlds-most-impoverished-countries

Openwords

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/279739136/openwords-foreign-language-learning-app-with-open

 

Conference alerts:

Disability Trade and Lifestyle Expo & Conference

17-19 September 2015, Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.ingadaevents.co.za/forms/Disability2015/CapeTown/Dis_ConfBooking2015_CT.pdf

 

Awards:

EPT OA Awards – Call for nominations

http://epublishingtrust.net/4th-annual-oa-award/