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

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...

DIGITAL OWNERSHIP IS BROKEN FOR LIBRARIES TOO As MEPs (@annacavazzini.bsky.social) ask if consumers still own what they buy, #libraries are asking the same question. #DigitalFairnessAct 🔗 EP Workshop: kr21.info/ep-workshop/ 🔗 KR21 reflections: ⇒ kr21.info/different-pl... ⇒ kr21.info/because-beca...

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...

CONSUMER PROTECTION MEETS COPYRIGHT Gamers & libraries face the same headache: digital content that can simply disappear. EC’s reply to @stopkillinggames.bsky.social? A limp “because, because.” EU’s copyright consultation closes 25 June: a chance to push back! 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/b...

1/ FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! THE PATCHWORK PROBLEM EUROPEAN RESEARCH CAN'T AFFORD New @centrumcyfrowe & Future Law Lab report maps the fragmented #research exception landscape across 28 European #copyright systems 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/e...

WHY OPEN ACCESS MANDATES WITHOUT SPR A RECIPE FOR UNFAIRNESS Obligations ≠ rights! Without a #SecondaryPublicationRight, researchers face an OA dilemma: pay up or give up. If the #ERAact mandates OA, it must also include an SPR. #EuropeanResearchArea 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...

ROME CONFERENCE CHARTS THE ROAD AHEAD FOR #OPENSCIENCE UNDER THE #ERAACT 150+ joined the 10 June KR21-backed event CNR hosted On top of strong Open Science commitments, the filing of a #SecondaryPublicationRight proposal in #Italy was announced 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/r...

NO FUTURE? ACT NOW TO SAVE TOMORROW'S YESTERDAY #IAW2026 is over, but a question remains: Why do we remember? Future history is online, yet laws fail to enable #archives & #libraries to collect, preserve & share it Let's fix this! 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/s... #ArchivesForJustice

INCLUSION STARTS WITH THE RIGHT TO COLLECT #IAW2026: ICA stresses archives’ role in supporting access, participation & empowerment. Yet commercial actors get to decide what libraries can hold in the digital age. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/i... #ArchivesForJustice

OUR DIGITAL MEMORY IS DISAPPEARING #IAW2026: Archives guard our collective memory. Yet the digital infrastructure holding this memory collapses in real time. That's why ICA, KR21 & other signed the #OurFutureMemory statement! 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/k... #ArchivesForJustice

9 JULY-12:00 CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 10TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Learn how #OpenScience & #RightsRetention support #AcademicFreedom with Ana Lazarova (Digital Republic/KR21), Lionel Maurel (@cnrs.fr) & @samuelmoore.org (@cam.ac.uk). 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

NO RECORD, NO ACCOUNTABILITY #IAW2026: ICA highlights archives help sustain justice. KR21 recalls they can only do so if the law permits. No record, no evidence. No evidence, no accountability. Safeguard digital preservation! 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/2... #ArchivesForJustice

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! Two EU copyright consultations close this month & will shape the next reform. On the #KluwerCopyrightBlog, Stephen Wyber (KR21 - @ifla.org) reads between the lines about what they reveal. Don't delay, have your say. 🔗 legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl... #Science4EU

MAY 2026 KR21 NEWSLETTER 25 years EU InfoSoc Directive & #OurFutureMemory under threat: May made one thing clear, the fight for knowledge rights in a digital age is far from over! 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-m... Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

OPEN SCIENCE & THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA ACT: THE WORK STILL TO BE DONE 10 June - Rome (hybrid) at CNR Join KR21 to explore pressing questions on European research policy before the #ERAAct lands Register by 8 June: 🔗 [email protected] #OpenScience #research

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! #LETLIBRARIESBELIBRARIES KR21 SIGNS THE #OURFUTUREMEMORY STATEMENT #Libraries need the same rights online as they have always held offline. The law has not caught up. We need policymakers to act now before it is too late. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/k...

FROM LAW TO ACTION: #OPENSCIENCE LESSONS FROM SOFIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Bulgaria was the first EU country to have a comprehensive secondary publishing legal framework. Sofia University Library won #Library of the Year for putting it into practice. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/b...

MOLDOVA CHARTS ITS EU PATH ON PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT In April, Chișinău brought together policymakers & stakeholders to explore PLR as part of #Moldova’s EU integration process. The goal: PLR that works for #libraries & creators. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/m... #eBooks #eLending

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! 25 years of the EU #InfoSoc Directive: has it aged like fine wine, or milk? KR21 reflects & draws 10 takeaways from the twin EU copyright consultations now open for input. Discover more on our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/posts/infoso... #copyright #Science4EU

NICOSIA REPORT: COPYRIGHT & ACCESS IN THE AGE OF AI KR21, CALIS & the Foundation for Parliamentarism & Participatory Democracy brought together stakeholders to tackle #copyright, #OpenScience & #AI. 🔗 Recap by Ypapanti Kytta (CALIS): knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c... #Cyprus #Science4EU

THIS WEEK IN WARSAW: KR21 @ OPERAS 2026 & SCIROS CONFERENCE Proud conference partner & two panels ahead: ➤ 20 May: open science, research security & digital sovereignty ➤ 21 May: KR21 drives the dawning of a new ERA panel (#ERAact) 🔗 Livestream - @operaseu.bsky.social: operas-eu.org/news-and-eve...

NOT ALL #AI IS CHATGPT: SCIENTIFIC AI NEEDS OPEN DATA AlphaFold was only possible because of decades of #OpenData Do restrictive licences give you control, or just a feeling of it? Dr. Bastian Drees - @embl.org - at our 14 April webinar with @europepmc.org 📺 youtu.be/BprlLw6CRyI #OpenScience

ONE WEEK TO GO: THE DAWNING OF A NEW #ERA KR21 is a proud partner of the #OPERAS2026 & SCIROS Conference (@operaseu.bsky.social) & on 21 May we explore what the #ERAact could do for #OpenScience (infrastructures) 🔗 Livestream: operas-eu.org/news-and-eve... 🔗 Details: operas-eu.org/news-and-eve...

#OPENDATA IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS Data becomes more valuable when combined. Restrictive licensing cuts off that potential Dr. David Hulcoop, from @opentargets.org, explained at our 14 April webinar with @europepmc.org 📺 youtu.be/BprlLw6CRyI #AI #OpenScience

OPEN SCIENCE & THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA (ERA) ACT: THE WORK STILL TO BE DONE 10 June - Rome (hybrid) at CNR Join KR21 to explore pressing questions on European research policy Free, register by 8 June: [email protected] #OpenScience #ERAact #research

KR21 @ #WikiConPT2026 (15–17 May) 15 May: @edsantos.eu, national coordinator for Portugal, talks about “#OpenAccess: Secondary Publication Rights & Wikimedia” Attending? Join the session or say hi to learn how KR21 is advancing #SPR in Portugal 🔗 pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCon... #WikimediaPT

LUNCHTIME WELL SPENT: #RIGHTSRETENTION ON THE MENU TODAY Pull up a chair wherever you are & join KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social’s 9th Community of Practice meeting online (12H CEST), with @irelibrary.bsky.social & @jisc.bsky.social on publisher negotiations 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

1/ FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! A CYPRIOT COPYRIGHT CHECK-UP A KR21-supported report by Prof. @phjougleux.bsky.social maps #copyright for #research & #education in #Cyprus. The diagnosis is local, the lesson European: modern universities need modern rules. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c...

APRIL 2026 KR21 NEWSLETTER From #LetLibrariesBeLibraries case studies to a copyright scoreboard, what gamers and libraries have in common, and open licensing for research impact 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-a... Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: E-LENDING IN POLISH LIBRARIES @centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social launched a pilot to co-create guidelines for implementing the (i)SDL #eLending model with 4 Polish libraries, with KR21 support Results: autumn 2026 🔗 centrumcyfrowe.pl/en/projekty/... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries #eBooks

WHO REALLY BENEFITS FROM RESTRICTIVE LICENCES? Publishers suggest restrictive licences, then sell the commercial rights to #AI companies So who really gains, and who loses out? Dr. Ben White at our 14 April webinar with @europepmc.org 📺 youtu.be/BprlLw6CRyI #OpenScience #OpenAccess

FROM #AI AND ACCESS TO #SECONDARYPUBLICATIONRIGHTS, #OPENSCIENCE & #LIBRARIES Georgios Glossiotis, KR21 national coordinator for Greece & Cyprus, at the 22nd #ThessBookFair2026 🔗 7 May: kr21.info/tbf26-7may 🔗 8 May: kr21.info/tbf26-8may #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

11 MAY (12:00 CEST): JOIN US NEXT MONDAY TO #RETAINYOURRIGHTS KR21 project partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social hosts the 9th European #RightsRetention Community of Practice meeting with experts from @irelibrary.bsky.social & @jisc.bsky.social on publisher negotiations 🔗 Register: kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

RESTRICTIVE LICENCES DON'T STOP AI: THEY STOP THE OPEN COMMUNITY Publishers can still sell the rights to #AI companies, explained Melissa Harrison from @europepmc.org at our 14 April joint webinar. Result: you're only keeping your work from #OpenScience. 📺 youtu.be/BprlLw6CRyI #OpenAccess

LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TO GO | #RightsRetention in publisher negotiations 11 May-12H CEST: Join KR21 project partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social with experts from @irelibrary.bsky.social & @jisc.bsky.social for the 9th European #Right Retention CoP meeting 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti... #RetainYourRights

#WorldIPDay2026: UNEVEN PERFORMANCE OR TEAM EUROPE? KR21 scored EU Member States to see who comes top & bottom. Bulgaria leads, Greece trails. The #ERAact can put Europe on a winning footing! 🔗 Analysis & infographic: knowledgerights21.org/news-story/w... #WorldIPDay #research #innovation

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! WHO DOES #COPYRIGHT REALLY HOLD BACK? Not the big players, Dr. @kieramcneice.bsky.social (personal capacity) explained at our 14 April webinar with @europepmc.org. They can afford the licences and the legal risk. #Researchers can't. 📺 youtu.be/BprlLw6CRyI #AI #OpenScience

EVERY TIME A LIBRARY CANNOT DO ITS JOB, THE PUBLIC INTEREST LOSES On #WorldBookandCopyrightDay, KR21 launches a case study repository to complement its #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan Libraries across Europe: tell us your story. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/library-acti... #WorldBookDay

#LETLIBRARIESBELIBRARIES: FROM BRUSSELS TO CHIȘINĂU National coordinator Mariana Harjevschi presented KR21's library Action Plan at Moldova's 35th National Symposium. 9 actions to ensure #libraries can fulfil their mission in the digital age. #eBooks 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/m...

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING: #RETAINYOURRIGHTS, RETAIN YOUR IMPACT 23 April (11:00) | @edsantos.eu, KR21 national coordinator Portugal, joins the PATTERN Horizon Europe project & UMinho Libraries for a webinar on #RightsRetention, #SecondaryPublicationRights & #OpenAccess 🔗 kr21.info/23april-pt-e...

DIFFERENT PLAYERS, SAME GAME: WHAT LIBRARIES HAVE IN COMMON WITH GAMERS The “Stop Destroying Videogames” European Citizens’ Initiative has its EP hearing today Libraries face similar problems with #eBooks! The #DigitalFairnessAct must protect them too 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...

11 MAY-12:00 CEST | 9TH EUROPEAN RIGHTS RETENTION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Let’s talk #RightsRetention in publisher negotiations with KR21 project partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social and experts from @irelibrary.bsky.social & @jisc.bsky.social. 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti... #RetainYourRights

TOMORROW, 14 APRIL (11 CEST/10 BST): CLOSED LICENCES, CLOSED DOORS @europepmc.org & KR21 explore how copyright and licences attached to your research can determine its real-world impact in an increasingly AI-driven research landscape. SAVE YOUR SPOT: embl-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

PANELLIST ANNOUNCEMENT: THE DAWNING OF A NEW ERA What could the #ERAact deliver for #OpenScience & its infrastructures? 3 perspectives, 1 critical question Join us in Warsaw on 21 May @ the #OPERAS2026 & SCIROS Conference @operaseu.bsky.social 🔗 Details: operas-eu.org/news-and-eve... #Science4EU

COPYRIGHT MAXIMALISM WILL STIFLE A RESEARCH-INTENSIVE DIGITAL ECONOMY As Asian governments modernise copyright to support AI & research, the UK lags behind, writes Ben White, KR21 co-founder & national coordinator, in a recent @timeshighered.bsky.social op-ed 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/u...