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Open educational practices

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So whether it's licensing agreements such as Copyleft or Creative Commons, or open access journals, or even massively online open courses, the open educational practices are gaining ground and influence in the academic world. And open access journals are opening up knowledge for all without payment.

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What if they threw a party and none of us came?

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Before anyone points out the fact that paper based journal cost money to produce, edit, review, print and distribute, I want to make the following points: Most academic journals are run by academics on a voluntary basis - those who review for my journal don't get paid a penny. and that's their lot.

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The ivory towers are crumbling

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The Law journal has this definition of IP: "Intellectual property (IP) is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which property rights are recognised - and the corresponding fields of law". Tags: copyright online publishing OER intellectual property open scholarship. Does this offer a threat to IP?