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

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

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...

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

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/

#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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

HELPING BULGARIAN RESEARCHERS TO UNDERSTAND COPYRIGHT LAW! This morning, 17 November (11:00-13:00 EET), Ana Lazarova, KR21’s national coordinator for Bulgaria, shares her #copyright expertise in a #DigitalEU webinar. 🔗 Webinar details: digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/events/un...

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING Swedish insights on #OpenScience and #copyright are now öppen for everyone, thanks to @wikimediase.bsky.social & the Svensk biblioteksförening who translated their KR21-supported report in English: kr21.info/en-se-open-s... #SecondaryPublishingRights #RightsRetention

#5THFREEDOM: FINAL CAPSULE! For Enrico Letta (@delorsinstitute.bsky.social), a truly modern 5th Freedom implemented across Europe is essential to unlock the EU's #SingleMarket by 2028. 📺 youtu.be/Wj067BNnJGs 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/89a361bd A KR21 collab with @informationlabs.org #ERA #Science4EU

ITALY'S COPYRIGHT TERM EXTENSION Protection of simple photographs could be extended from 20 to 70 years, threatening the #PublicDomain & #CulturalHeritage. KR21 co-signed CC Italy's open letter to the Culture Ministry! Italian coordinator Deborah De Angelis explains: kr21.info/it-am-term-e...

#5THFREEDOM: NEW CAPSULE! For KR21’s Stephen Wyber (@ifla.org), the inclusion of the 5th Freedom in Letta's report is a really exciting moment & creates opportunities not to miss. 📺 youtu.be/TeEUGZji3lM 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/9063bef3 A KR21 collab with @informationlabs.org #ERA #Science4EU

#WDPD2025: What's left to preserve if we can't build collections? Countering the risk of 21st century #CulturalHeritage black hole was the focus of KR21's session at #GLAMWikiPT in Lisbon, an event co-organised by Wikimedia Portugal & Wiki Editoras Lx. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/2...

26 NOV-12H CET | 7TH EUROPEAN #RIGHTSRETENTION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Join KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social to hear from: 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...

OCTOBER 2025 KR21 NEWSLETTER Explore our latest newsletter to stay updated on the newest KR21 publications, reflections, and activities. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-o... Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters #newsletter #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

FROM ARTISTIC TO SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM? KR21 applies CJEU AG Emiliou’s reasoning in his #PelhamII Opinion to scientific #research & calls for an open norm for research. Time to align copyright with scientific freedom as the EU shapes the upcoming #ERAact. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p...

EC’S 2026 WORK PROGRAMME Will it deliver for researchers, educators, readers & libraries? We’re cautiously optimistic, but still plenty to clarify. #5thFreedom: KR21 will keep championing the free movement of knowledge. 🔗 Read what’s promising & missing: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/e...

KR21 @ #GLAMWiki: JOIN OUR SESSION! We look forward to connecting at the #GLAMWikiPT gathering in Lisbon (30 Oct-1 Nov), co-organised by Wikimedia Portugal & Wiki Editoras Lx. Join our “Mind the Gap” session on avoiding the 21st century black hole! 🔗 Details: meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wi...

CONFERENCE RECAP: KR21 AT #PUBMET2025! We not only joined as a partner but also supported an #OpenScience session. This was a key effort, with Croatia lacking a Secondary Publication Right & institutional rights retention policies being weak or absent. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p...

#5THFREEDOM: NEW CAPSULE! For @justusdreyling.bsky.social (@communia.bsky.social) the free circulation of knowledge = faster scientific progress, more innovation & a stronger Europe 📺 youtu.be/y7-sf2OvnFU 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/896317d7 A KR21 collab with @informationlabs.org #ERA #Science4EU

THE PROMISE OF BALANCE? THE EU’S TWO NEW AI STRATEGIES: #AIinSCIENCE & APPLY #AI STRATEGIES KR21’s takeaway: Enable researchers and libraries to use legally accessed materials and AI tools. That’s how Europe becomes the AI continent it aims to be. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...

EC'S #ERAACT CONSULTATION UNPACKED! Read KR21's breakdown to learn where the EC is headed with the Act. Library community: Make your voice heard by the 5 Jan 2026 deadline. 🔗 KR21 analysis: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/e... 🔗 Consultation: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... #libraries #research

#OAWeek: 100% #OPENACCESS IS POSSIBLE IF WE TAKE ACTION! Knowledge remains locked away, but EC's #ERAact consultation opens a critical window to push change. Join us in supporting @sparc-eu.bsky.social's Getting to 100% Open Access (#OA100) campaign. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/2...

#ITALY'S SCHOOL PUBLISHING MARKET NEEDS REFORM! KR21 & partners submitted a joint response to the Italian competition authority’s (AGCM) investigation. Let’s remember: #AccessToKnowledge is a right, not a privilege. 🔗 Learn more in Deborah De Angelis' blog: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/i...

WATCH NOW: webinar recording with @create-glasgow.bsky.social on a new KR21 #eLending study. #LetLibrariesBeLibraries: The time has come to reassert libraries' public function & their autonomy to build digital collections in the 21st century. 🔗 youtu.be/OuSnJrsm2kI #eBookSOS

#5THFREEDOM: NEW CAPSULE! Dr. Paul Rübig, @eesc.bsky.social #ERAact Rapporteur, stresses how crucial freedom of research, knowledge & innovation are for the EU’s competitiveness. 📺 youtu.be/qtXZUOQv6x0 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/c423db96 A KR21 collab with @informationlabs.org #ERA #Science4

1/ REPORT ALERT! A brand new KR21 report by @create-glasgow.bsky.social examining the markets for #eLending by academic & public libraries in Europe from #CompetitionLaw and #copyright law perspectives. 🔗 Report: kr21.info/elending-mar... 🔗 Blog post: kr21.info/elending-mar... #eBookSOS

KR21 HEADS TO CYPRUS IN NOVEMBER! On 21 Nov, KR21 will feature prominently at the 2025 #LimassolInternationalBookFair Conference in Cyprus with a co-organised #library session, various panel contributions & a #LetLibrariesBeLibraries workshop. 🔗 Programme: limassolbookfair.com/en/programma...

7 PROBLEMS, 3 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE & 1 CHANCE TO HEAR IT ALL Join us Wed 15 Oct (12:30 CEST) for the launch of a KR21 report by @create-glasgow.bsky.social on #eLending market dysfunctions from competition and copyright law perspectives. Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #eBookSOS

2025 KDBASP CONFERENCE RECAP @centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social’s @majadrabczyk.bsky.social, KR21 Polish coordinator, reflects on 2 library-focused panels, with KR21 representation, exploring #AccessToKnowledge, #CDSM & the need for library voices in policy debates (#ERAact) 🔗 kr21.info/kdbasp-confe...

SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT KR21! #LibCommon's 2nd FamTrip meets in Athens next week with project partners, librarians & academics. Georgios Glossiotis, coordinator for Greece & Cyprus, will share KR21's work on supporting #libraries in the digital age. 🔗 www.libcommon.eu

ONE WEEK TO GO! Join our 15 October (12:30 CEST) #eLending webinar presenting findings from an upcoming @create-glasgow.bsky.social report for KR21. Gain insights into challenges, from market structure and licensing to pricing. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/1... #eBooks #eBookSOS