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Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier.

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“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. Via The New York Times : “$78,000 of Debt for a Harvard Theater Degree.”

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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. Education in the Courts.

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The IRS data retrieval tool that let financial aid applicants automatically import income information into the FAFSA won’t be restored for the current aid cycle, said James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, in written testimony to Congress Wednesday.”

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” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” The open-access publisher PLOS has a new CEO : Alison Mudditt. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Via The San Jose Mercury News : “In a direct challenge to California ’s landmark law guaranteeing public access to beaches, Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla on Thursday filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that he should not be required to allow public access to Martins Beach in San Mateo County.”