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Intellectual Property

Artist receives first known US copyright registration for latent diffusion AI art

Blind SA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition and Others CCT320/21 – Post Judgment Media Summary

Copyright advocacy and reform update in 2022 (Canada)

Copyright Trolls Target Users in Brazil, Threatening Due Process and Data Protection Rights. Civil Society Groups Are There to Help

Destroy the Gatekeepers of Art, Free The People’s Joker!

‘Legal minefield’: The risk of commercialising AI-generated images

NFT Litigation Raises Novel Copyright Questions

SADTU welcomes ConCourt’s judgment in Blind SA case

South African Constitutional Court Reads Disability Exceptions into Copyright

South African Constitutional Court Rectifies Copyright Discrimination for People with Disabilities

Study Shows That Copyright Filters Can Do More Harm Than Good

Why does the United States Government want to talk about Andy Warhol

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication

An Action Plan for Accessible Images: Practical Solutions for Publishers, Platforms, and Providers

Ask an Editor-in-Chief/Surgeon/Researcher/Author/Reviewer: Is Research Integrity Possible without Peer Review?

Best Practices for Peer Review (AUPresses Handbook for Scholarly Books)

Does Trust in Research Begin with Trust in Peer Review?

EUA joins European project to foster the development of Diamond Open Access Publishing

Four Scholarly Publishing Organizations Release Revised Version of the “Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing”

Guest Post — Three Challenges (and Solutions) to Expand Digital Humanities

How Will Academia Handle the Zero Embargo?

Knowledge-sharing focus for NHMRC as all peer-reviewed publications to become open access  

Raising the profile of peer reviewers

Removing author fees can help open access journals make research available to everyone

Responding to Criticism, Publisher Reinstates Blocked Ebooks

Springer Nature Releases Its First ‘Annual Progress Report’

The Alarming Rise of Predatory Conferences

What is transparent peer review?