SAVE THE DATE - KR21 free Webinar on TPMs (technological protection measures), November 26, 2024 at 10am CET / 9am GMT https://t.co/fmJy5eRO8g
9 part Thread! 🧵 🙂
recommendations as to how the EU and other governments should amend copyright law to improve research capability in Europe and to ensure future generations will have accessible digital history and not lose it forever down another black hole. ...
If only the shoutiest stakeholders are listened to without proper consideration of other major stakeholders, data driven innovation will be impeded in vital sectors for the future of humankind - research, scientific and medical advancement and technology. https://t.co/33ozynXboa
Recent policy discussions re copyright & AI have focussed almost exclusively on the entertainment & publishing industries' perceived woes. Yet copyright regulates scientists as much as singers, doctors as much as dramatists. Join @KR21org's webinar 27 Sept https://t.co/33ozynXboa
"Indeed, one of the main takeaways....was the realisation that copyright is, in fact, a matter of policy choices. Copyright law is often seen as a set of abstract and fixed rules, but it has real-life implications and can be reformed to advance or protect specific interests."
☀️🏫 🇫🇮 & 🇫🇷 KR21 national coordinators @pirjopk & Ophélie attended @ivir_uva's Copyright Summer School
💡 Their key takeaway: “#Libraries should participate in copyright advocacy - this is a matter we must take into our own hands”!
🔗 https://t.co/cF46D2PRJo
#CopyrightAdvocacy
As part of our granting programme we are supporting this initiative from @CILIPinfo
Know any good researchers interested in ebooks? #ebooksos
https://t.co/kJ0zs9SAl9
A nice, short video from @KR21org explaining just how problematic ebooks are for libraries, authors and readers. #ebookSOS It's time to do better: unlock access to eBooks NOW! https://t.co/BD1rycXcdB via @YouTube
Looks like the digital black hole of the 20th century is becoming that of the 21st century also. Less than 1% of scientific articles are in multiple repositories according to this new study showing how fragile access to digital knowledge is. https://t.co/uyNSymheF6
2/ 🗣️ @DigLibCopyright stresses that those claiming to speak on behalf of authors don’t represent all authors, whose views are hence often misrepresented in public policy debates
📢 He calls for more European authors to join the @Auths_Alliance: https://t.co/zAqKlVKrmZ
#eBookSOS