Go read about a law school’s ridiculous battle over YouTube copyright strikes

The Verge, here. 

Urheberrecht für Wissenschaft und Bildung: Bundestag beschließt Reformen

iRightsInfo, hier. 

Dutch court rules Anne Frank’s diary can be used for scientific research

Future of Copyright, here.

Dutch universities start their Elsevier boycott plan

Vermeer, Brieflezende vrouw in het blauw

Universonline.nl, here. 

Draft Council conclusions on open, data-intensive and networked research as a driver for faster and wider innovation

EU Council, here. 

Copyright policy and the right to science and culture

Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, here (Word File).

Research in the digital age

R. Dijkgraaf, here. 

Allgemeine Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsschranke

K. de la Durantaye, hier. 

These charts show how the U.S. could lose its edge in scientific research

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Diritto d'autore e ricerca scientifica: prove di dialogo per la crescita

S. Vezzoso (autrice di questo blog), qui. 

A new paradigm of scholarly communications is emerging: A report from the Future of Impact conference

Blogs.lse.ac.uk, here. 

Provisional Working Document towards an Appropriate International Legal Instrument (in whatever form) on Limitations and Exceptions for Educational, Teaching and Research Institutions and Persons with other Disabilities containing Comments and Textual Suggestions

WIPO SCCR/24/8 PROV, here. 

University of Chicago Press Partners with OUP on E-book Platform

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

Das Leistungsschutzrecht und die Wissenschaft

Stifterverband.info, hier.

Diritto d'autore e ricerca scientifica: prove di dialogo per la crescita

S. Vezzoso (autrice di questo blog), Preprint qui. 

Towards better access to scientific information: Boosting the benefits of public investments in research

Communication from the EU Commission, here. See also the Recommendation to Member States on access to and preservation of scientific information, here. 

Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications

Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings ("Finch Report"), here. 

Economic crisis splits EU education

Scienceguide.nl, here. 

Sharing the knowledge burden

The Economist, here. 

The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo

L. Bennett, here.