KR21 on a new study
The Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) network welcomes the publication of a new study by the European Commission entitled “Improving access to and reuse of research results, publications and data for scientific purposes”.
The Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) network welcomes the publication of a new European Commission study that identifies copyright and other barriers facing the European research sector. The study entitled “Improving access to and reuse of research results, publications and data for scientific purposes” identifies many obstacles for European researchers and offers important regulatory recommendations.
The study follows Enrico Letta’s report, which calls for the introduction of the Fifth freedom – the freedom of circulation of knowledge, as the European Union (EU), despite large investments in research, limits its research potential due to poor copyright regulations. In this regard, KR21 states in its blog that the European knowledge economy is trying to drive with the handbrake on.
The study notes that copyright law has been hindering scientific research and innovation for too long, which is contrary to the public interest, therefore the need to introduce legislation obliging publicly funded research to be immediately accessible to the public was highlighted, and a request to introduce flexible exemptions for open research into European legislation that would support the evaluation of knowledge and not distinguish between for-profit and non-profit reports.
KR21 hopes that in the near future, or in the next mandate, the EU will recognize the obstacles presented by the current copyright law and eliminate them, enabling equal competition with other progressive economies.
On December 3, 2024, the “Knowledge Rights 21 Regional Alliance – Network of Librarians and Copyright Experts from Central and Southeastern Europe”, was officially established at a meeting hosted at the Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Hotel. The event was organized by Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI and chaired by Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič.
Recordings and presentations from all speakers at the ERA KR21 Conference Slovenia are now available on the subpage “Recordings and PPTs of Presentations by Speakers”.
Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI invites you to a discussion organized by the European Commission Representation in Slovenia titled “Democracy in the Grip of Disinformation: What Can the EU Do?”. The event will take place on Friday, December 13, 2024, from 11:00 to 12:30 at the House of the EU in Ljubljana, Slovenia and online.
Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI organized the ERA KR21 Conference Slovenia on December 2, 2024, with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia and the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) program. The Conference focused on addressing the most pressing issues in copyright regulation in the fields of science and Open Science within the European Union (EU), with particular emphasis on barriers and incentives for Open Science in copyright law. The event represented the contribution of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia to implementing European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda Action 2, which focuses on creating a supportive EU legislative framework for copyright and data governance.