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Request for Proposals: National Initiatives 2023
Do you have a great idea for a project that would unlock progress towards concrete legal and policy reforms in favour of 21st century access to research, education culture? Apply now to be a Knowledge Rights 21 national initiative! …
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.…
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…
Request for Proposals: KR21 Communications
23 January 2023 The Knowledge Rights 21 Programme welcomes proposals from bidders to carry out communications work in support of…
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. …
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 …
How ready are you to advocate for copyright reform?
The Knowledge Rights 21 Programme aims to build sustainable advocacy capacity for copyright policy and law reform. This is essential…
Survey: Gathering insights on copyright and open access at Europe academic institutions
20th October 2022 SPARC Europe, which is undertaking work on rights retention and open licensing for the Knowledge Rights 21…
