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Intellectual Property
- Are YouTube Videos Public Domain?
- CC’s Key Insights from WIPO’s Meeting on Copyright
- Countering Copyright Misinformation: Canadian Libraries Speak Out Against Ongoing Campaign to Undermine User Rights
- Progress made, but obstacles still need to be removed to ensure access to books for visually impaired
- Pseudo-Copyright Rules That Block Fair Uses and Other Speech Violate the First Amendment, EFF Argues in Appellate Brief
- United States: Fair Use Face-Off: Warhol Vs. Goldsmith – Unpacking The Unexpected Ruling
- United States: Fair Use Is Objective Inquiry into Use Of Original Work, Not Subjective Intent of User or Expression
- WIPO SCCR44 Outcomes: Steps forward to a more balanced copyright system?
Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
- AI Training and Copyright Infringement: Lessons from the Ross Intelligence Case
- Artificial intelligence, copyright infringement and protection – a legal quagmire?
- Artificial Intelligence’s Promise and Peril
- Beijing court recognises copyright for AI-generated content
- CC Responds to The United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
- Copyright Implications of The Relationship Between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Text and Data Mining
- Fair use or foul play? The legal tug-of-war over AI-created works
- “Please regulate AI:” Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast
- Podcast – The Briefing: AI Training and Copyright Infringement: Lessons from the Ross Intelligence Case
- Statement On Transparency in The Ai Act – Communia Association
- The Deficiencies of Artificial Intelligence Policies
- The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 183: Andres Guadamuz on the Battle Over Copyright and Generative AI
Artificial intelligence and other issues
- Approaching Artificial Intelligence and Open Research in Sync: Opportunities and Challenges
- Data Mining Vs Machine Learning Vs Artificial Intelligence Vs Deep Learning
- How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
- OECD updates definition of Artificial Intelligence ‘to inform EU’s AI Act’
- OpenAI’s identity crisis and the battle for AI’s future
- Revolutionising education: Exploring AI’s influence on academic publishing
- Senior executive at world-leading artificial intelligence firm resigns over ‘exploitative’ use of copyrighted work
- Top 5 Risks of Artificial Intelligence
- Unpacking the Revolution in Artificial Intelligence and Its Global Impact
- Who’s Who Behind the Dawn of the Modern Artificial Intelligence Movement
Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication
- A new wave of support musters in the push for open access
- Beware of Licensing Publishing Agreements or ensuring authors retain rights to their openly published works
- Debunking the Myth of “Anonymous” Data
- Guest Post: Mind the Gap – Understanding China’s Perspective on Research Integrity and Open Access
- New Academic Database PubScholar Aims to Challenge Dominance of China’s Largest Academic Database CNKI
- Scientists paid large publishers over $1 billion in four years to have their studies published with open access
- The list of the world’s most-cited scientists excludes 1,000 researchers over fraudulent practices
- Together for Transformation – 16th Berlin Open Access Conference June 2023 – Conference Report
- Who should pay for open-access publishing? APC alternatives emerge
Predatory Publishing Practices
- Are You Publishing in Predatory Publications?
- How to identify predatory publishers
- Predatory journals entrap unsuspecting scientists. Here’s how universities can support researchers
- Predatory Publishing Practices and Citation Pollution
- Protecting research integrity from predatory journals
- The Prey’s Perspective on the Rise of Predatory Publishing
- What is predatory publishing and how to identify predatory journals: challenges and consequences (recording) and presentation
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