News Story Archives – Knowledge Rights 21

Wed, 1 Mar

Irish Competition Authority Investigating eBook Markets

1/3/2023 According to the Irish Examiner, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has started to examine the restrictive…

Fri, 24 Feb

Open Science & AI: A UK Policy Discussion

A Knowledge Rights 21 Event Tuesday 25th April 2023 Friends House 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ In association with CILIP, the library…

Tue, 7 Feb

Requests for Proposals: Research Exceptions, Technological Protection Measures

We are welcoming responses to two calls for proposals for research, focused on the impacts of research exceptions in copyright law, and on the interplay between technological protection measures and exceptions. Deadline: 7 March.…

Mon, 23 Jan

Making copyright accessible: KR21 launches video primers exploring how licences and inflexible exceptions undermine the balance at the heart of copyright law

23 January 2023 Knowledge Rights 21 is happy to share two videos explaining some of the key issues around 21st…

Tue, 10 Jan

Upcoming webinar (13 February): Flexible Copyright Exceptions – The Next Step for Europe?

This webinar brings together legal scholars from National Chengchi University (Taiwan), King’s College London and Bournemouth University (UK) and will focus on flexible copyright exceptions from the perspective of civil law jurisdictions, with a particular focus on Japan, Taiwan and Europe. Join us on 13 February 2023, 11:00-12:30 CET – Register. …

Mon, 9 Jan

KR21 commissions work exploring the extent of contract override of core library missions from Digital Republic

The growing place of electronic content in libraries’ offers to their users has meant that licences are playing an ever more important role in determining just what can and cannot be done with copyrighted material …