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KnowledgeRights21
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Advocating for a 21st century copyright and open access environment across Europe in the area of education and research. Arcadia funded NGO. https://www.knowledgerights21.org
DECEMBER 2025 KR21 NEWSLETTER
Discover our latest updates featuring op-eds, a KR21-supported #5thFreedom report, an #ERAact webinar recording, reflections & activities
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-d...
Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters
#newsletter #UnitedForKnowledgeRights
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
WATCH NOW: CAN THE ERA ACT HELP REACH 100% OPEN ACCESS?
@ivamz.bsky.social (@sparc-eu.bsky.social - KR21) warned about the need to protect the slogan “as open as possible, as closed as necessary,” and emphasised the valuable opportunity the #ERAact represents.
🔗 Recording: youtu.be/1q41ej37llY
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A BOOST FOR DIGITAL ACCESS IN LIBRARIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING ON E-BOOKS
Learn more about a KR21-supported hybrid course organised earlier this year by Spanish partner @fesabid.bsky.social
🔗 Reflections by national coordinator Ana Ordás in EN & ES: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/f...
December 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING
Without exemptions for commercial & academic data mining, the #UK government’s #AI for #Science Strategy will fall flat, says Ben White, KR21 co-founder & UK national coordinator, in a new @timeshighered.bsky.social op-ed.
🔗 www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uks-...
#TDM
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
HURRY UP! REGISTER NOW FOR THE 17-18 DECEMBER #ERA KR21 CONFERENCE 2025
Join KR21 & #ODIPI in Ljubljana, Slovenia, or online!
🔗 Details: www.odipi.si/en/era-kr21-...
REGISTRATION
✱ In-person: indico.ijs.si/event/3399/ | closing 15 Dec midnight!
✱ Online: indico.ijs.si/event/3400/
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#5THFREEDOM: How can the free movement of knowledge positively transform and boost Europe?
Ten expert voices chart the path in a new KR21-supported report by @informationlabs.org
🔗 Report: kr21.info/5th-freedom-...
🔗 Expert capsules: kr21.info/5th-freedom-...
#ERAact #Science4EU
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
10 DEC - 11H CET | LAST CALL: LET’S TALK #OPENACCESS & #ERAACT
Speakers:
@afenoer.bsky.social - @libereurope.bsky.social
@ivamz.bsky.social - SPARC
✱ Stephen Wyber - @ifla.org / KR21
✱ Vanessa Proudman - SPARC
🔗 Register NOW: kr21.info/oa100
🔗 Details: kr21.info//oa100-webin...
#OA100
December 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
WHY REFORM MATTERS: EARLY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EC REPORT ON DISTANCE EDUCATION & RESEARCH
The report equips policymakers with the evidence base for the legislative reforms necessary to fully unlock the potential of #education and #research in Europe.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/w...
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
DEAD ON ARRIVAL: IS EUROPE SABOTAGING ITS OWN AI AMBITIONS?
Restrictive publisher practices hinder #AI. The blocked activities? Perfectly legal. The harm to rightholders? Non-existent.
Publishers are killing EU AI ambitions. Time to push back.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...
#TDM
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ONE WEEK TO GO TO THE ERA ACT WEBINAR: JOIN US 10 DEC (11H CET)!
Featuring:
@afenoer.bsky.social - @libereurope.bsky.social
@ivamz.bsky.social - SPARC
➤ Stephen Wyber - @ifla.org / KR21
➤ Vanessa Proudman - SPARC
🔗 Sign-up NOW: kr21.info/oa100
🔗 Details: kr21.info//oa100-webin...
#OA100
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NOVEMBER 2025 KR21 NEWSLETTER
Discover what's new in our latest newsletter featuring recent KR21 publications, reflections, and activities.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-n...
Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters
#newsletter #UnitedForKnowledgeRights
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
WHAT THE EU’S #DIGITALOMNIBUS MEANS FOR RESEARCHERS
From a commitment to boost access to publicly funded research data to alarming attacks on legal deposit, discover Stephen Wyber’s (KR21 - @ifla.org) 10 key takeaways on @techpolicypress.bsky.social
🔗 www.techpolicy.press/what-the-eus...
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Widening countries need more than funding!
KR21's #ERAact recommendations could be game-changing for them:
✱ An EU-wide #SPR & no #RightsRetention barriers
✱ An updated #copyright research exception
✱ Safeguards against unfair market conduct
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/w...
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! NEW KR21 INSIGHTS: OUT OF COMMERCE, OUT OF ORDER?
KR21 examines how the #CDSM #OOCW provisions help unlock cultural heritage.
Our conclusions:
✱ Accelerate implementations
✱ Avoid a licence-trap
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u...
#CulturalHeritage
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT? 100% #OPENACCESS!
On 10 Dec (11h CET), we explore with KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social if the #ERAact can deliver.
@afenoer.bsky.social - @libereurope.bsky.social
@ivamz.bsky.social - SPARC
Stephen Wyber - @ifla.org / KR21
Vanessa Proudman - SPARC
🔗 kr21.info/oa100
#OA100
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
BRIGHTEN YOUR DECEMBER! JOIN KR21 AT THE #OKFI WINTER FESTIVAL
2 DEC - 17:30 EET: This event by Open Knowledge Finland, in collaboration with KR21, will explore open knowledge and advocacy during a panel discussion featuring KR21 national coordinator Pirjo Kangas
🔗 www.okf.fi/2025/11/18/o...
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
26 NOV-12H CET | LAST CALL: JOIN US TO EXPLORE RIGHTS RETENTION
KR21 project partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social invites you to hear insight from Slovenia & Sweden at today’s 7th meeting of the European #RightsRetention Community of Practice
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#RetainYourRights
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
FROM BACKWATER TO BATTLEGROUND: LAW, LIBRARIES & RESEARCH
Stephen Wyber (@ifla.org), KR21’s programme lead, contributed to the debate series of the @verfassungsblog.de on “Enabling Access, Fostering Innovation: Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda in Europe.”
🔗 verfassungsblog.de/research-lib...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
EUROPE'S PUBLIC AI BUILDERS DEMAND LEGAL CLARITY
Learn all about Europe’s #PublicAI community’s open letter to the EC & their call to action!
🔗 Read Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič (ODIPI - KR21 Slovenia) & Laura Pipan (ODIPI) their KR21 contribution: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...
#TDM
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING
The Irish SCOIR initiative brings the conversation on Secondary rights, #Copyright, #OpenAccess, Institutional policies & #RightsRetention directly to the local research & higher ed community!
🔗 Learn more on their Autumn Roadshow: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/s...
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
10 DEC (11H CET): CAN THE #ERAACT HELP REACH 100% #OPENACCESS?
Join us & @sparc-eu.bsky.social to explore this with:
@afenoer.bsky.social - @libereurope.bsky.social
@ivamz.bsky.social - SPARC Europe
✱ Stephen Wyber - @ifla.org / KR21
✱ Vanessa Proudman - SPARC Europe
🔗 kr21.info/oa100
#OA100
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
BREAKING: New KR21-supported Greek report on access to & reuse of scientific information by HEAL-Link!
The authors outline how a fragmented system hampers #researchers and chart a path to a competitive Greek #research ecosystem based on 4 principles.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/g...
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
CYPRUS HERE WE COME!
Meet us tomorrow, 21 November, at the 2025 Limassol International Book Fair Conference and join the KR21 co-organised ‘On Libraries’ session (09:15-13:00) & #LetLibrariesBeLibraries workshop (16:30-18:00 | Stage 4).
🔗 Programme: limassolbookfair.com/en/programma...
#libf2025
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
ONE WEEK TO GO: 7TH EUROPEAN #RIGHTSRETENTION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING
On 26 Nov, KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social welcomes:
Maja Bogataj Jančič, ODIPI/KR21 Slovenia
Miro Pušnik, @ctkul.bsky.social/NCLS
@ericluth.bsky.social, @wikimediase.bsky.social/KR21 Sweden
🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
THE CASE FOR VIEWING LIBRARIES AS RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
The EC recently launched a new Strategy for Research & Technology Infrastructures. KR21 explores what it promises & looks at what this could mean if we extend this approach to libraries.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/l...
#ERIC
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM