In agreeing to pursue the Policy Agenda for the European Research Area 2022-24 (ERA Agenda), the European Union’s Member States have taken an important and welcome step towards a more comprehensive policy approach to boosting Europe’s research and innovation performance. Four reports from last summer explore the issues in more depth – this blog offers a summary.…
On the 12th of December the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) launched a major statement on the legal and market situation that surrounds scholarly communication: “Allea Statement On Open Access Publications under “Big Deals” and the New Copyright Rules.”…
Copyright may be far away from many people’s minds when celebrating Halloween, certainly at least when it comes to shocks or excitement. However, fear is arguably a key driver of the way that we work with copyright, both in applying it on a day-to-day basis, and in approaching it as a subject for advocacy.…