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Embracing Online Social Media

How do people in the Global South approach online social networking? Paula introduces us to Videolog, Brazil’s Youtube equivalent, Prashant tells us about the Scrabbulous case in India and Rebecca wonders why South African are less willing to innovate with local social media platforms. As always, our writers provide compelling perspectives from their local contexts.

• Social network platforms in Brazil: The Videolog case
• Your can’t share what you don’t have
• Why you must be legally licensed to host funâ„¢ on the Internet

Lab Report Regulars

• Mad Science - Schmatler and Waldhead take on the World of Scientific Publishing
  To the delight of the iConvent girls, the grumpy old men are back with a new series on Open Access.
• Superman - caught in a cage called Copyright!
  Tobias Schonwetter writes on a recent U.S. court decision to reassign the copyright of Superman-related works back to the creator’s family.
• Five of the best places to learn something new about the world
  Take a look at five websites that offer new and challenging perspectives on issues ranging from IP to global policy to democracy.
• Organisation Spotlight: All there is to know about SafeCreative
  We speak to Mario Pena about the new global IP registry agency based in Spain.

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