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Intellectual Property
- BlindSA and Section27: Submissions on Amendments (Published On 8 December 2021) to the Copyright Amendment Bill B13b-2017
- Copyright & Disability (Blake Reid)
- Copyright & Disability (YouTube)
- Cory Doctorow – Part 1: Newspapers, Big Tech, Link Tax, DRM and Right to repair (YouTube)
- Extraterritoriality: Intellectual Property
- Fahrenheit 2020: Torching the Internet’s Library of Alexandria at the Height of a Global Pandemic
- Forfeiting IP
- How to promote research and education at the global level? Takeaways from our panel discussion (Communia)
- Jennie Rose Halperin: A Tech-Positive Future for Libraries, Controlled Digital Lending & US CASE Act
- ‘Music is so different now’: Copyright laws need to change, says legal expert
- Paradise Lost: Art Created by AI Is Ineligible for Copyright Protection
- The Liability of Internet Service Providers for Copyright Infringement in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Analysis
- Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage — An Agenda for Copyright Reform- A Creative Commons Policy Paper
WTO and TRIPS Waiver Proposal
- MSF urges governments to reject the draft COVID-19 text at WTO that would set a negative precedent
- MSF comments on the reported draft text of the TRIPS Waiver negotiation
Audio Description for the Visually Impaired
- A picture for the blind in a visual world
- Audio Description for the Blind
- Shazacin Mobile Application and Business Model By Shakila Maharaj – Morningside, Durban, KwaZulu
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication
eBooks and Libraries
- Campaign to investigate the academic e-book market
- Connecticut Introduces Library E-book Bill
- E-Books in Higher Education
- Guest Post – Cybersecurity and Academic Libraries: Findings from a Recent Survey
- Maryland Legislature Passes Bill Supporting Library Access to Digital Content (2021)
- Preserving the Past in the Digital Age Is Still a Massive Headache
- Publishing Giants are Fighting Librarians on e-Books
- The Challenge of ebooks in Higher Education
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