KnowledgeRights21

SPR: #ERAACT IS THE RIGHT HOME Leaving a #SecondaryPublicationRight to a 2027 #copyright reform would cost researchers KR21, ALLEA, @libereurope.bsky.social, @sparc-eu.bsky.social & @ifla.org make the case for including it in the European Research Area Act 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...

4 NOV (14H CET) | OPEN ACCESS WEBINAR ALERT: SEVEN LIBRARIES SHOW HOW IT IS DONE! 7 @libereurope.bsky.social Cascading Grant recipients put the LIBER Action Plan to work, with KR21’s support. Practical #OpenAccess approaches you can take back to your institutions. 🔗 libereurope.eu/event/improv...

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! UNIFYING THE FIELD Two days in Greece with @ifla.org on turning the KR21 #LetLibrariesBeLibraries agenda into national wins: coalitions, evidence & associations ready to take copyright to policymakers. #libraries #eBooks #eLending 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/u...

#OAWEEK: A NEW KR21 INSIGHTS ON OPENNESS & INTEGRITY Do paywalls & APCs protect research integrity? Europe’s ethics codes say otherwise: sharing is part of integrity, not a trade-off. Time for an EU-wide secondary publication right. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/t... #ERAact #Science4EU

#OAWEEK: WHAT IS THE COST OF KEEPING KNOWLEDGE CLOSED? Subscription bills & publishing fees are only part of the picture. The greater cost is the research that never reaches those who could use it. Who pays is the wrong question. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/2... #OpenAccess #Science4EU

TOMORROW AT 11:00 CEST (21 OCT): 1ST EUROPEAN E-BOOKS & E-LENDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE The e-Lending walls you keep hitting come up across Europe. Tomorrow you get to compare notes. 🔗 Details & Registration: kr21.info/ebooks-cop-m... #eBookSOS #libraries #eBooks #eLending

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! BUY THE BOOK, LOSE THE BOOK @autoriteitcm.bsky.social warns educational publishers to stop bundling books with digital licences that expire after a year, rendering the books worthless. 🔗 KR21’s Maarten Zeinstra discusses the case: knowledgerights21.org/news-story/a...

10 FINDINGS POLICYMAKERS SHOULD READ BEFORE PROPOSING RESEARCH RIGHTS REFORM Independent EU-commissioned evidence finds the more ambitious the reform, the greater the gains for European research. 🔗 What stood out, and what it leaves open: knowledgerights21.org/news-story/r... #Science4EU

21 OCT-11H CEST | ONE WEEK LEFT: 1ST EUROPEAN #EBOOKS & #ELENDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE Topic: e-Lending systems in Europe Come for the expert perspectives, stay to set the agenda for what comes next. 🔗 Details & Registration: kr21.info/ebooks-cop-m... #eBookSOS #libraries

THE PRICE OF LEAVING A SECONDARY PUBLICATION RIGHT OUT OF THE ERA ACT France alone: ~170m EUR a year in Article Processing Charges (APCs) by 2030. Across the EU: over a billion. Include a Secondary Publication Right in the #ERAact. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p... #Science4EU

J-2 | 14 OCTOBRE (16H) - ACCÈS REFUSÉ ? LE DROIT D'AUTEUR FACE AUX BIBLIOTHÈQUES NUMÉRIQUES KR21 France explore la place des œuvres protégées dans les collections numériques. Un panel avec @labnf.bsky.social, @banq-officiel.bsky.social et d’autres intervenant·es. 🔗 kr21.info/kr21-france-...

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! 21 OCT | GET READY FOR THE 1ST MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN #EBOOKS & #ELENDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE Recommended read: KR21’s #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... 🔗 Details & Registration: kr21.info/ebooks-cop-m... #eBookSOS

MOBILISING CHANGE See how the European #RightsRetention CoP, run by KR21 project partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social, is growing: 666 members in 31 European countries. Put your country on the map! Let's advance towards 100% #OpenAccess. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/retainyourri... #OA100 #RetainYourRights

TODAY AT 12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 11TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Last chance to join @sparc-eu.bsky.social to hear about moving from #RightsRetention ambition to policy ✱ @aysaekanger.bsky.social & Bror-Magnus Strand | UiT ✱ Ignasi Labastida | @ub.edu 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2026 KR21 NEWSLETTER Copyright reform is back on the EU agenda. The EC’s target consultation runs until 3 November: time to make the case for #research & #libraries. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-a... Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

WHO WILL FIX COPYRIGHT FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS? The #InnovationAct & the new Industrial Access Charter are welcome steps, but dodge a key question: who may use knowledge, and for what? The #ERAact or copyright reform must answer it. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c... #Science4EU #5thFreedom

REGISTER NOW! 8 OCT-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 11TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Norway & Spain take centre stage on #RightsRetention progress. @sparc-eu.bsky.social welcomes: ✱ @aysaekanger.bsky.social & Bror-Magnus Strand | UiT ✱ Ignasi Labastida | @ub.edu 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

CHOOSE EUROPE…OR ARE RESEARCH & SCIENCE BETTER SUPPORTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWS ELSEWHERE? 7 cases where #copyright law lets #researchers in Europe down: #ChooseEurope for science means choosing Europe for knowledge, too. 🔗 Get the infographic: knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c... #Science4EU

POISON PILLS #Copyright reform is back on the EU’s agenda: the EC’s consultation opened on 29 Sept. Poison pills can undermine a law’s positive potential. KR21 shares 7 that drain reform of its effect. Spot them before they’re written in. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p... #Science4EU

WHAT COUNTS AS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? THE EU'S #DIGITALOMNIBUS COULD SET THE DEFINITION The EU spends a billion euros attracting scientists, as MEPs debate whether building & testing #AI = research 🔗 Stephen Wyber, KR21/@ifla.org, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: kr21.info/techpolicypr... #Science4EU

9-10 OCT | OPEN KNOWLEDGE: #WIKIMEDIA & RESEARCH IN THE CEE REGION (KATOWICE, PL) KR21 is a conference partner. Don't miss the 9 Oct panel (15:15 CEST) on how #OpenKnowledge holds up as AI reshapes the #commons, moderated by @centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social. knowledgerights21.org/events/open-...

A PACT AGAINST GOLD-PLATING THE RESEARCH EXCEPTION? EC President von der Leyen wants a Pact against #GoldPlating. Only 3 countries left the #research exception untouched. The fix: a mandatory exception in a Regulation. KR21 urges the EC to act! #ERAact 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p...

REMINDER | 8 OCT-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 11TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING How to progress #RightsRetention? @sparc-eu.bsky.social brings you lessons from Norway & Spain: ✱ @aysaekanger.bsky.social & Bror-Magnus Strand | UiT ✱ Ignasi Labastida | @ub.edu 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

LAST CALL: KR21’S COPYRIGHT SURVEY CLOSES IN 7 DAYS Are copyright rules working for you? Tell us before 30 September. It takes a few minutes, and every answer strengthens the case for the reforms KR21 advocates. 🔗 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K... #copyright #OpenScience #Science4EU

14 OCTOBRE (16H) | ACCÈS REFUSÉ ? LE DROIT D'AUTEUR FACE AUX BIBLIOTHÈQUES NUMÉRIQUES Quelle place pour les œuvres protégées dans les collections numériques ? Un panel organisé par KR21 France. 🔗 ifla-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #bibliotheques #droitdauteur #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

21 OCT-11H CEST | #LETLIBRARIESBELIBRARIES: 1ST EUROPEAN #EBOOKS & #ELENDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Topic: e-Lending systems in Europe 🔗 Register: kr21.info/ebooks-cop-m... 🔗 About: kr21.info/ebooks-cop 🔗 Mailing list: kr21.info/ebooks-cop-m... #eBookSOS #libraries

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! IS THE NETHERLANDS AN OPEN SCIENCE COUNTRY? 95% #OpenAccess publishing, yet I-REx ranks it among the EU's 5 least #OpenScience countries: no research exception in Dutch #copyright law KR21's Maarten Zeinstra article: 🔗 ip-squared.com/wp-content/u... #Science4EU

COPYRIGHT & AI: WHAT COMES NEXT? MEP Axel Voss, rapporteur of the EP report on #copyright & #GenAI, speaks at @edopenresearch.bsky.social‘s online EU #AIact lecture series. KR21’s Ben White joins the panel. Fri 9 Oct, 13:00 BST / 14:00 CEST 🔗 eu-ai-act-voss.eventbrite.co.uk #AI #Science4EU

KR21 @ #TELL WEBINAR SERIES Today (11:00 CEST), Deborah De Angelis, KR21 national coordinator for Italy, outlines the threats to libraries’ mission & makes the case for #LetLibrariesBeLibraries. 🔗 retedellereti.org/webinar-grat... #eBooks #eLending

WHO PAYS FOR AI TRAINING DATA? KR21 AT INFERÊNCIA, LISBON On 26 Sept, @edsantos.eu, KR21 national coordinator for Portugal, brings the #research & library perspective to a debate at @shifter.pt’s conference on journalism in the age of #AI. 🔗 inferencia.shifter.pt/quem-paga-pe... #Science4EU

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! KR21'S NEW #EBOOKS & #ELENDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TAKES SHAPE Results are in: practical lending models are the top priority (77%) 1st meeting: 21 Oct | 12h-13h30 CEST Join the mailing list for updates: kr21.info/ebooks-elend... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

25 SEPT - GREECE | @IFLA.ORG EUROPE REGIONAL DIVISION COMMITTEE (ERDC) MID-TERM MEETING: ADVOCACY FOR LIBRARIES IN EUROPE KR21 joins the symposium on unifying library advocacy across Europe, discussing out-of-commerce works and why we need to #LetLibrariesBeLibraries (kr21.info/library-acti...).

#KLUWERCOPYRIGHTBLOG: MISSION WITHOUT DEFINITION NO MORE? Scientific research: 30+ years in EU law, no definition. What 22 EP amendments to the #DigitalOmnibus tell us about the research debates to come. 🔗 Analysis by Stephen Wyber, KR21 - @ifla.org: legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

8 OCT-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 11TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Join @sparc-eu.bsky.social to explore national progress in Norway & Spain together with: ✱ @aysaekanger.bsky.social & Bror-Magnus Sviland Strand | UiT ✱ Ignasi Labastida i Juan | @ub.edu 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

KR21 NATIONAL COORDINATORS AT #PUBMET2026 Iva Melinščak Zlodi & Maja Bogataj Jančič are on the programme with posters on #OpenAccess & mapping #OpenScience in Central & South-Eastern Europe, plus a #GenAI & #copyright workshop. In Zadar? Come say hi! 🔗 pubmet.hr/programme/

HAVEN’T FILLED IN KR21'S COPYRIGHT SURVEY YET? YOU NOW HAVE UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER! Are copyright rules working for you? It takes a few minutes, and every answer strengthens the case for the reforms KR21 advocates. 🔗 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K... #copyright #OpenScience #Science4EU

IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK (BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY...) Horizon Europe, the #ERAact, the Innovation Act, the #DigitalFairnessAct, the Data Omnibus & #copyright reform: 6 EU files to watch this autumn, and what they mean for research & libraries 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/i... #Science4EU

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! FINLAND’S UNIVERSITIES RECLAIM AUTHOR RIGHTS Stronger together: Pirjo Kangas, KR21 national coordinator for Finland, shares how libraries joined forces to help researchers regain control of their work through #RightsRetention. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/f...

A CENTURY OF CULTURE, STUCK ON THE SHELF Join Ana Ordás, KR21 national coordinator for Spain, at the 1 Oct @fesabid.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy panel at Spain’s #Liber2026 book fair on #OutOfCommerce: what a Spanish library-CEDRO agreement could change. #libraries 🔗 www.fesabid.org/eventos/2026...