1/3/2023 According to the Irish Examiner, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has started to examine the restrictive…
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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…
Request for proposals: Giving voice to authors
For many authors, the main motivation for writing is to be read. This is a goal that the Knowledge Rights…
The Finnish Government’s Consultation on eBooks: The Curious Case of Cherry Picking and Mistaking Lending for Renting
14 February 2023 A 2023 public consultation in Finland on eBooks, to which Knowledge Rights 21 responded, has just closed.…
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…
Blow Away the January Blues! 10 Takeaways from four European Commission Studies on Research and Copyright
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.…
An open letter to the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Dear Prime Minister Kristersson, As a long-standing leader in Europe in promoting research, education and libraries, we have high expectations…
