Felix Reda, 7 November 2022 It has been a year since the German Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals formed the…
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Copyfright? Why we need to take the fear out of copyright
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.…
Publishers must stop playing games with eBook availability: Governments must act to ensure predictability
19 October 2022 Libraries have a crucial role in ensuring the affordability of education and learning for all. In many…
The Right Balance: Why Copyright Reform Must Be Central In Right To Repair Legislation
The Knowledge Rights 21 Programme is all about ensuring that in copyright laws and policies, the importance of rights to…
Promoting Open and Copyright Reform: Both/And, not Either/Or
How to address the challenge of the critical under-supply of digital content, in an accessible, affordable way, in order to…
The sleeping digital policeman? Contract override as a key part of better digital governance
The European Union has been active in regulating the power digital actors have over our lives. It’s time to address an area that has so far been neglected – the possibility to cancel out user rights through licensing contracts!…
A Bold Call for an Investigation into the Academic e-book Publishing Industry – Part 2
In this second part of their interview, Knowledge Rights 21 explores what you need to persevere, what’s ahead and which other countries are starting with their own initiatives. …
A Bold Call for an Investigation into the Academic e-book Publishing Industry – Part 1
#ebooksos campaign In a new series of interviews with librarians, copyright experts, and colleagues in the wider field of advocacy…
Fear and Loathing in the Library eBook Market
After the drive to facilitate access to content in the first year of the pandemic, 2021 has seen a marked…
