Intellectual Property:

Copyright Office Releases Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Recommends Burdensome Legislation

http://policynotes.arl.org/?p=1075

Copyright Terms and Extensions – How they Impact on Developing Countries

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/Copyright_Terms_and_Extensions

Inside Views: Firm Performance In Countries With & Without Open Copyright Exceptions

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/06/01/firm-performanccountries-with-without-open-copyright-exceptions/e-in-

The Stupidity of DRM

http://newsok.com/the-stupidity-of-drm/article/feed/846109

Steve Albini: The music industry is a parasite… and copyright is dead

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/steve-albini-the-music-industry-is-a-parasite-and-copyright-is-dead/

Unintended Consequences: Sixteen Years under the DMCA  September 2014

https://www.eff.org/files/2014/09/16/unintendedconsequences2014.pdf

 

Net Neutrality:

FCC Net Neutrality Rules Set to Become Effective June 12, 2015

http://www.commlawgroup.com/news/851-fcc-net-neutrality-rules-set-become-effective-june-

 

African Library and Information Association:

Congratulations to AfLIA Elected Chairpersons from SA!

http://www.liasa-new.org.za/congratulations-to-aflia-elected-chairpersons-from-sa/

 

WSIS Outcomes

WSIS 2015 - Outcomes

http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2015/Outcomes/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access and the Research Excellence Framework: Strange bedfellows yoked together by HEFCE

http://poynder.blogspot.com/2015/02/open-access-and-research-excellence.html

Putting Open at the Heart of the Digital Age

http://blog.okfn.org/2015/06/05/putting-open-at-the-heart-of-the-digital-age/

Publishing Accessibly—Open Access and Your Library as a “Publisher”

http://accessibility.arl.org/2015/06/publishing-accessibly/

Guide to Creative Commons for Humanities and Social Science Monograph Authors

http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/files/2011/01/CC-Guide-for-HSS-Monograph-Authors-CC-BY.pdf

The Significance of Open Access Journals

http://www.streetarticles.com/writing/significance-of-open-access-journals

Retaking Responsibility for How We Communicate. A Review of Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future

http://www.comicsgrid.com/articles/10.5334/cg.az/