Intellectual Property:

SA Copyright Amendment Bill 2015 for public comment

http://www.gov.za/documents/copyright-amendment-bill-comments-invited-27-jul-2015-0000

eIFL Model Copyright Law (rev. ed 2014)

http://www.eifl.net/resources/eifl-draft-law-copyright-including-model-exceptions-and-limitations-libraries-and-their

Logo Designs - Yours or the Designers

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/logo-designs-yours-designers-aaron-wood?trk=hp-feed-article-title-comment

 

Freedom of Expression:

Whistleblowers need strong legal protections to protect them from retaliation

https://www.apc.org/es/node/20684

Brief on APC's submission to the UN Special Rapporteur's report on whistleblowing and protection of sources

https://www.apc.org/en/node/20683/

Freedom of Expression resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies/Freedom_of_Expression

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Oxford Prepares for  ‘Act on Acceptance’

http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxford-prepares-for-act-on-acceptance/

Jisc is supporting the development of an open access landscape in education

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-is-supporting-the-development-of-an-open-access-landscape-in-education-31-jul-2015

Interview Mark Bovens on Open Access (vimeo)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yvgb1

Repository Revolution

http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=527

Association or Progressive Communications’ Annual Report 2014

https://www.apc.org/en/node/20733

College Textbook Prices Have Risen 1,041 Percent Since 1977 (USA)

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/freshman-year/college-textbook-prices-have-risen-812-percent-1978-n399926

Legal Innovation in International Intellectual Property Relations: Revisiting Twenty-One Years of the TRIPS Agreement

http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jil/vol36/iss1/3/

 

Predatory Publishing Practices:

Motion to Repudiate Mr. Jeffrey Beall’s Classist Attack on Scielo

http://blog.scielo.org/en/2015/08/02/motion-to-repudiate-mr-jeffrey-bealls-classist-attack-on-scielo/