KnowledgeRights21
@knowledgerights21
Advocating for a 21st century copyright and open access environment across Europe in the area of education and research. Arcadia funded NGO.
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! Moldova’s #OpenScience Regulation is a milestone, but while publishers hold the key, openness is theirs to grant & withdraw. #Researchers need a #SecondaryPublicationRight, advocates KR21 national coordinator Mariana Harjevschi. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...
3/ Two audiences, two fixes: KR21 shares model wording #libraries & consortia can drop into every agreement, plus a legislative provision policymakers can use to close the door on contractual override. Available as a downloadable infographic. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p...
2/ The fix: #copyright exceptions should be contract-proof by default. Legislators must act before licensing practices hollow out copyright law entirely. Explore the interactive live table at the heart of this research. #libraries #DigitalFairnessAct 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/reports/stud...
1/ KR21 REPORT ALERT | LICENCE TO CHILL: WHAT 100 CONTRACTS REVEAL New study examines licensing agreements across 14 European countries. Where contracts address copyright, they override it, leaving libraries to guess what’s lawful & do less as a result 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/l...
THE #DIGITALOMNIBUS ON DATA MUST WORK FOR RESEARCH TOO Policymakers hold the keys, and #research and #libraries should not be locked out. Parliament and Council must close the gaps. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d... #OpenScience #Science4EU #BarcelonaDeclaration
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
4/ KNOWLEDGE RIGHTS NEED DEFENDERS Nine actions to rebalance the equation in the digital age. Read them. Act on them. Speak up. 🔗 Action 3: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... 🔗 Case: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries #libraries #eBookSOS #eBooks #eLending
3/ CASE STUDY: CHILLING EFFECTS OF DIGITAL LOCKS Over 70% of EU researchers have faced access or download restrictions due to #TPMs. Around half of institutions avoid purchasing restricted content altogether. Smaller institutions are hit hardest. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
2/ THE ISSUE: DIGITAL LOCKS BLOCK LEGAL USES Digital locks prevent libraries from performing legitimate actions. Lengthy removal processes render many uses pointless. Only 3 out of 27 EU Member States have practical processes for #TPM removal. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
1/ REMOVE DIGITAL BARRIERS TO LEGAL USES Action 03/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Libraries need to carry out activities already permitted by law. Technological protection measures (#TPMs) should not impede preservation, lending, or research. Legal in theory, blocked in practice.
5 DAYS LEFT! The call for expressions of interest for KR21's new European Community of Practice on #eBooks & #eLending closes 17 July. Knowledge rights need defenders: Add your voice! 🔗 forms.gle/pGcyj47cLizg... 🔗 #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti...
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! A NEW KR21 INSIGHTS ON OPEN ACCESS Exploring 20 years of EU rule-making, from gentle encouragement to binding obligations. The #ERAact is the chance to make #OpenAccess the rule, not the exception. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u... #OpenScience #Science4EU
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
4/ KNOWLEDGE RIGHTS NEED DEFENDERS Nine actions to rebalance the equation in the digital age. Read them. Act on them. Speak up. 🔗 Action 2: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... 🔗 Case: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries #libraries #eBookSOS #eBooks #eLending
3/ CASE STUDY: WHAT THE LAW GIVES, CONTRACTS TAKE AWAY A study of 100 library contracts across the EU found a large majority restrict activities that copyright law permits, from preservation to interlibrary lending. An invisible erosion felt by millions. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
2/ THE ISSUE: FINE PRINT OVERRIDING THE LAW 0 protections against unfair contract terms. Publishers can impose conditions that override rights granted by law or are unreasonable, from restricting permitted uses to requiring the sharing of personal data. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
1/ LIBRARIES DESERVE FAIR TERMS Action 02/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Consumers are protected against unfair contract terms. Libraries are not. Clarify that libraries, as well as research and education institutions, need safeguards, especially in the digital environment.
WELCOMING THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY Three areas where #Ireland2026EU can shape the EU agenda: 1. #DigitalFairnessAct protections for #libraries 2. a #SecondaryPublicationRight in the #ERAact 3. safeguarding #AI in science 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/i... #Science4EU
REGISTER NOW! 9 JULY-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 10TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEET UP How do #OpenScience & #RightsRetention support #AcademicFreedom? Join Ana Lazarova (Digital Republic/KR21), Lionel Maurel (@cnrs.fr) & @samuelmoore.org (@cam.ac.uk). 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! KR21 is launching a European Community of Practice on #eBooks & #eLending, putting the #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan into motion. Express your interest by 17 July: forms.gle/pGcyj47cLizg... 🔗 Action Plan: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti...
JUNE 2026 KR21 NEWSLETTER Researchers, gamers, libraries, archives: June made it clear that Europe’s knowledge rules work against the people who need them most 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-j... Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters #UnitedForKnowledgeRights #OurFutureMemory
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... #LIBER2026 #libraries #eBooks #eBookSOS #eBooks #eLending
4/ KNOWLEDGE RIGHTS NEED DEFENDERS Nine actions to rebalance the equation in the digital age. Read them. Act on them. Speak up. 🔗 Action 1: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... 🔗 Case: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #LIBER2026 #LetLibrariesBeLibraries #libraries #eBookSOS #eBooks #eLending
3/ CASE STUDY: ON THE READING LIST ONE DAY, GONE THE NEXT As Irish universities prepared for 2022–23, Wiley quietly removed 1,300+ e-Books from agreed reading lists. Students lost access to confirmed course materials without warning or recourse. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
2/ THE ISSUE: LIBRARIES CAN LOSE ACCESS OVERNIGHT Publishers can refuse, withdraw, or change terms without warning, leaving readers, students & researchers stranded. Digital materials can vanish at the stroke of a licence renegotiation. Why accept this? #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
1/ GUARANTEE ACCESS ON REASONABLE TERMS Action 01/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Libraries should build digital collections based on professional judgement & retain them. Let libraries do what they've always done: support research, education, culture & equitable access.
#LIBER2026 - 1 JULY (5-6 PM) | COME & TALK COPYRIGHT WITH KR21 Catch Stephen Wyber (KR21 - @ifla.org) at the networking power session in Trondheim. He’ll share what KR21’s working on, and wants to hear your copyright frustrations. 🔗 liberconference.eu #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING | BIBLIOTHÉCAIRES: NOTRE ENQUÊTE NATIONALE FERME LE 1ER JUILLET, À VOS CLAVIERS ! 15-20 min pour documenter la réalité du marché des livres numériques en bibliothèque de lecture publique Plus d'infos : @cmfrancoise.bsky.social 🔗 kr21.info/fr-survey #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
REMINDER | 9 JULY-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 10TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING We’re talking #OpenScience, #RightsRetention & #AcademicFreedom with: ✱ Ana Lazarova | Digital Republic/KR21 ✱ Lionel Maurel | @cnrs.fr ✱ @samuelmoore.org | @cam.ac.uk 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...
EXCEPTION TO THE EXCEPTION KR21 national coordinator for the Netherlands, Maarten Zeinstra, explores how a single Dutch archive unlocked +700,000 audiovisual items & what this reveals about Europe’s struggling #OutOfCommerce regime #CulturalHeritage 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/e...