Authors Alliance and Knowledge Rights 21 are pleased to announce the launch of a new project, “Giving Voice to Authors,”…
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Open Knowledge Day: legal bases in copyright for training generative AI models
A webinar on 23 June will explore how EU law around copyright and its implementation affects the training of generative…
Knowledge Rights 21 welcomes Council Conclusions on Scholarly Publishing
Knowledge Rights 21 today (23rd May 2023 ) warmly welcomes the announcement by the Council of the European Union of…
Getting it right on data access for research
Knowledge Rights 21 is happy to join with key organisations representing universities and university libraries in signing an open letter calling for reconsideration of provisions in the EU’s draft Data Act on access to data for research purposes.…
European Council Draft Conclusions on Scholarly Publishing – Support for Secondary Publishing Rights
Knowledge Rights 21 wishes to express its strong support for the European Council’s “Draft Council Conclusions on high-quality, transparent, open,…
Library associations across Europe joint call for action on eBooks
National and other library associations from across Europe have signed a letter underlining the urgency to find ways to ensure…
Still time to repair the Commission proposal on the right to repair
Despite its claims, the European Commission’s draft Directive on common rules promoting the repair of goods fails to ensure that…
International conference on intellectual property law for libraries and archives
On 22 May 2023, Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation will host an international conference on intellectual property law for libraries and archives…
News article: For democracy, libraries and the right to knowledge*
With the enclosure of knowledge and information in line with the economic priorities of corporations, we are moving towards a…
