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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 3h

CHOOSE EUROPE…OR ARE RESEARCH & SCIENCE BETTER SUPPORTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWS ELSEWHERE? 7 cases where #copyright law lets #researchers in Europe down: #ChooseEurope for science means choosing Europe for knowledge, too. 🔗 Get the infographic: knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c... #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 22h

POISON PILLS #Copyright reform is back on the EU’s agenda: the EC’s consultation opened on 29 Sept. Poison pills can undermine a law’s positive potential. KR21 shares 7 that drain reform of its effect. Spot them before they’re written in. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p... #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 29/09/2026

WHAT COUNTS AS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? THE EU'S #DIGITALOMNIBUS COULD SET THE DEFINITION The EU spends a billion euros attracting scientists, as MEPs debate whether building & testing #AI = research 🔗 Stephen Wyber, KR21/@ifla.org, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: kr21.info/techpolicypr... #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 28/09/2026

9-10 OCT | OPEN KNOWLEDGE: #WIKIMEDIA & RESEARCH IN THE CEE REGION (KATOWICE, PL) KR21 is a conference partner. Don't miss the 9 Oct panel (15:15 CEST) on how #OpenKnowledge holds up as AI reshapes the #commons, moderated by @centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social. knowledgerights21.org/events/open-...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 25/09/2026

A PACT AGAINST GOLD-PLATING THE RESEARCH EXCEPTION? EC President von der Leyen wants a Pact against #GoldPlating. Only 3 countries left the #research exception untouched. The fix: a mandatory exception in a Regulation. KR21 urges the EC to act! #ERAact 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 24/09/2026

REMINDER | 8 OCT-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 11TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING How to progress #RightsRetention? @sparc-eu.bsky.social brings you lessons from Norway & Spain: ✱ @aysaekanger.bsky.social & Bror-Magnus Strand | UiT ✱ Ignasi Labastida | @ub.edu 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 23/09/2026

LAST CALL: KR21’S COPYRIGHT SURVEY CLOSES IN 7 DAYS Are copyright rules working for you? Tell us before 30 September. It takes a few minutes, and every answer strengthens the case for the reforms KR21 advocates. 🔗 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K... #copyright #OpenScience #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 22/09/2026

14 OCTOBRE (16H) | ACCÈS REFUSÉ ? LE DROIT D'AUTEUR FACE AUX BIBLIOTHÈQUES NUMÉRIQUES Quelle place pour les œuvres protégées dans les collections numériques ? Un panel organisé par KR21 France. 🔗 ifla-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #bibliotheques #droitdauteur #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 21/09/2026

21 OCT-11H CEST | #LETLIBRARIESBELIBRARIES: 1ST EUROPEAN #EBOOKS & #ELENDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Topic: e-Lending systems in Europe 🔗 Register: kr21.info/ebooks-cop-m... 🔗 About: kr21.info/ebooks-cop 🔗 Mailing list: kr21.info/ebooks-cop-m... #eBookSOS #libraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 18/09/2026

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! IS THE NETHERLANDS AN OPEN SCIENCE COUNTRY? 95% #OpenAccess publishing, yet I-REx ranks it among the EU's 5 least #OpenScience countries: no research exception in Dutch #copyright law KR21's Maarten Zeinstra article: 🔗 ip-squared.com/wp-content/u... #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 16/09/2026

COPYRIGHT & AI: WHAT COMES NEXT? MEP Axel Voss, rapporteur of the EP report on #copyright & #GenAI, speaks at @edopenresearch.bsky.social‘s online EU #AIact lecture series. KR21’s Ben White joins the panel. Fri 9 Oct, 13:00 BST / 14:00 CEST 🔗 eu-ai-act-voss.eventbrite.co.uk #AI #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 15/09/2026

KR21 @ #TELL WEBINAR SERIES Today (11:00 CEST), Deborah De Angelis, KR21 national coordinator for Italy, outlines the threats to libraries’ mission & makes the case for #LetLibrariesBeLibraries. 🔗 retedellereti.org/webinar-grat... #eBooks #eLending

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 14/09/2026

WHO PAYS FOR AI TRAINING DATA? KR21 AT INFERÊNCIA, LISBON On 26 Sept, @edsantos.eu, KR21 national coordinator for Portugal, brings the #research & library perspective to a debate at @shifter.pt’s conference on journalism in the age of #AI. 🔗 inferencia.shifter.pt/quem-paga-pe... #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 11/09/2026

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! KR21'S NEW #EBOOKS & #ELENDING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TAKES SHAPE Results are in: practical lending models are the top priority (77%) 1st meeting: 21 Oct | 12h-13h30 CEST Join the mailing list for updates: kr21.info/ebooks-elend... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 10/09/2026

25 SEPT - GREECE | @IFLA.ORG EUROPE REGIONAL DIVISION COMMITTEE (ERDC) MID-TERM MEETING: ADVOCACY FOR LIBRARIES IN EUROPE KR21 joins the symposium on unifying library advocacy across Europe, discussing out-of-commerce works and why we need to #LetLibrariesBeLibraries (kr21.info/library-acti...).

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 10/09/2026

#KLUWERCOPYRIGHTBLOG: MISSION WITHOUT DEFINITION NO MORE? Scientific research: 30+ years in EU law, no definition. What 22 EP amendments to the #DigitalOmnibus tell us about the research debates to come. 🔗 Analysis by Stephen Wyber, KR21 - @ifla.org: legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 09/09/2026

8 OCT-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 11TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Join @sparc-eu.bsky.social to explore national progress in Norway & Spain together with: ✱ @aysaekanger.bsky.social & Bror-Magnus Sviland Strand | UiT ✱ Ignasi Labastida i Juan | @ub.edu 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 09/09/2026

KR21 NATIONAL COORDINATORS AT #PUBMET2026 Iva Melinščak Zlodi & Maja Bogataj Jančič are on the programme with posters on #OpenAccess & mapping #OpenScience in Central & South-Eastern Europe, plus a #GenAI & #copyright workshop. In Zadar? Come say hi! 🔗 pubmet.hr/programme/

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 08/09/2026

HAVEN’T FILLED IN KR21'S COPYRIGHT SURVEY YET? YOU NOW HAVE UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER! Are copyright rules working for you? It takes a few minutes, and every answer strengthens the case for the reforms KR21 advocates. 🔗 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K... #copyright #OpenScience #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 07/09/2026

IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK (BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY...) Horizon Europe, the #ERAact, the Innovation Act, the #DigitalFairnessAct, the Data Omnibus & #copyright reform: 6 EU files to watch this autumn, and what they mean for research & libraries 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/i... #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 04/09/2026

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! FINLAND’S UNIVERSITIES RECLAIM AUTHOR RIGHTS Stronger together: Pirjo Kangas, KR21 national coordinator for Finland, shares how libraries joined forces to help researchers regain control of their work through #RightsRetention. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/f...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 03/09/2026

A CENTURY OF CULTURE, STUCK ON THE SHELF Join Ana Ordás, KR21 national coordinator for Spain, at the 1 Oct @fesabid.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy panel at Spain’s #Liber2026 book fair on #OutOfCommerce: what a Spanish library-CEDRO agreement could change. #libraries 🔗 www.fesabid.org/eventos/2026...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 28/08/2026

4/ JOIN THE COMMUNITY The European #RightsRetention Community of Practice is where colleagues across Europe exchange approaches, from institutional policy design to researcher engagement 🔗 Sign up: mailchi.mp/01f7cca13388... Mark the next meet-up in your calendar: 8 Oct, 12h CEST

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 28/08/2026

3/ GO DEEPER The #RightsRetention evidence base: ⇒ 2025 | Open Science & Copyright - @wikimediase.bsky.social & Svensk biblioteksförening ⇒ 2025 | Building Bridges to Open Access - @sparc-eu.bsky.social ⇒ 2023 | Opening Knowledge - SPARC Europe 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/reports/ #RetainYourRights

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 28/08/2026

2/ START HERE Two KR21 rights retention resources to bookmark: ⇒ Explainer: 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/rights-reten... ⇒ #RetainYourRights hub: 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/retainyourri... #RightsRetention

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 28/08/2026

1/ SUMMER READING #4: RETAIN YOUR RIGHTS Legislative reform is slow. Publishing is not on hold while we wait. #RightsRetention is what researchers and institutions can do right now to keep control of their own work and to open access without waiting for anyone’s permission.

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 26/08/2026

5/ A STORY WORTH REWRITING Libraries are being written out of the digital age. It’s time to write them back in. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries 🔗 Explore the full Action Plan or share your story: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #libraries #eBooks #eBookSOS #eBooks #eLending

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 26/08/2026

4/ KNOWLEDGE RIGHTS NEED DEFENDERS Nine actions to rebalance the equation in the digital age. Read them. Act on them. Speak up. 🔗 Action 9: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... 🔗 Case: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries #libraries #eBookSOS #eBooks #eLending

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 26/08/2026

3/ CASE STUDY: MANDATED BY GOVERNMENTS, EXCLUDED BY COPYRIGHT Governments mandate libraries to promote lifelong learning & invest in this mission. Yet EU copyright law limits education exceptions to formal institutions. Same purpose, different rules. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 26/08/2026

2/ THE ISSUE: LIBRARIES SUPPORT LEARNING, THE LAW FAILS THEM Formal education: permitted. Library learning: excluded. EU copyright law fails libraries: the same content that universities can share digitally cannot be used by libraries for their learners. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 26/08/2026

1/ LEARNING DOES NOT STOP AT THE CLASSROOM DOOR Action 09/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Libraries support learning, from formal education to lifelong learners. Yet EU education exceptions for digital materials only cover formal institutions. Extend these provisions to libraries.

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 21/08/2026

5/ NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE The #ERAact proposal is coming. Read up this summer. Speak up when the Act lands. This is a moment for researchers, libraries and institutions to stand united for knowledge rights! #SecondaryPublishingRights #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 21/08/2026

4/ GO DEEPER ⇒ 2023 Report | #SecondaryPublishingRights in Europe - @libereurope.bsky.social 🔗 kr21.info/2023-spr-rep... ⇒ KR21 SPR Insights 🔗 kr21.info/spr-insights ⇒ Blog | It Just Ain't Right: Why #OpenAccess Mandates Without SPR Are a Recipe for Unfairness 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 21/08/2026

3/ START HERE Two KR21 Secondary Publishing Rights resources to bookmark: ⇒ Explainer: the issue, the case, KR21's position 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/publishing-r... ⇒ Position paper: KR21's formal recommendations for policymakers 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u... #SecondaryPublishingRights

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 21/08/2026

2/ The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act is the instrument to empower researchers through a harmonised EU-wide SPR. Neglecting to do so would be a disservice to European researchers, taxpayers, and Europe's competitiveness. #ERAact #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 21/08/2026

1/ SUMMER READING #3: SECONDARY PUBLICATION RIGHT Research funded by the public belongs to the public. #SecondaryPublishingRights (SPR) turn that principle into practice. #ERAact #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 19/08/2026

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 19/08/2026

4/ KNOWLEDGE RIGHTS NEED DEFENDERS Nine actions to rebalance the equation in the digital age. Read them. Act on them. Speak up. 🔗 Action 8: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... 🔗 Case: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries #libraries #eBookSOS #eBooks #eLending

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 19/08/2026

3/ CASE STUDY: A FIX THAT DEPENDS ON THOSE WHO REFUSE TO ACT KR21 research found libraries derived little benefit from the CDSM Directive's out-of-commerce provisions. Millions of 20th-century works remain inaccessible despite a law to unlock them. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 19/08/2026

2/ THE ISSUE: NO ONE SELLS THEM, NO ONE CAN SHARE THEM No longer sold. Not yet in the public domain. Still locked away. The EU's CDSM Directive was designed to fix this, but it relies on CMOs choosing to offer licences. Many simply refuse. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 19/08/2026

1/ OUT OF COMMERCE SHOULD NOT MEAN OUT OF REACH Action 08/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Millions of works sit on shelves but can’t be shared. Publishers cease offering titles before libraries no longer need them. Enabling access doesn't lead to lost sales of out-of-print titles.

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 17/08/2026

IS COPYRIGHT LAW KEEPING UP WITH YOUR WORK? Librarians, researchers, and library associations: silence gets legislated around. If you don't speak up, someone else will speak for you. Quiet loses. Loud wins. 🔗 Tell us by 31 Aug: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K... #Science4EU

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 14/08/2026

6/ JOIN THE COMMUNITY A new European Community of Practice on #eBooks & #eLending is taking shape. First meeting: 21 October, 12:00-13:30 CEST. 🔗 Sign up: mailchi.mp/knowledgerig... #libraries #eBookSOS #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 14/08/2026

5/ GO DEEPER KR21 Insights: ⇒ Unfair Contract Terms 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u... ⇒ eBooks & Library Laws 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u... #eBooks #eLending #eBookSOS #libraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 14/08/2026

4/ GO DEEPER Reports: ⇒ 2026 | A Study of 100 Contracts 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/reports/stud... ⇒ 2025 | #eLending Markets in Europe 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/reports/elen... ⇒ 2025 | #eBooks & #SecureDigitalLending 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/reports/eboo... #eBookSOS #libraries

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KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 14/08/2026

3/ START HERE Two KR21 #eBooks & #eLending resources to bookmark: ⇒ Explainer: the issue, the case, KR21’s position 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/ebooks-digit... ⇒ #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan: what to do about it 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #eBookSOS #libraries

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