Intellectual Property:
What happened at WIPO’s copyright committee 2016?
http://eifl.net/news/what-happened-wipos-copyright-committee
4 approaches for teachers on how to work with copyright in the classroom
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Reflections on SARUA Leadership Dialogue on Open Access
200 Free Textbooks: a Meta Collection (Open Culture)
http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
Dissem (helps researchers ensure that their publications are freely available to their readers)
Open minds, open access and the future of brain research
Elsevier Stirs Up Controversy with SSRN Acquisition
As Predicted, Elsevier's Attempt To Silence Sci-Hub Has Increased Public Awareness Massively
Mega-Publisher Elsevier Is Buying an Open Research Site. That's Bad for Science
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/elsevier-buys-ssrn
Elsevier denies it will use SSRN to move users on to its services
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elsevier-denies-it-will-use-ssrn-move-users-its-services
SSRN, Elsevier and the future of scholarly infrastructure.
Sci-Hub, The Repository Of 'Infringing' Academic Papers Now Available Via Telegram