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💡 𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟭 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 🤔 Are we doing enough to ensure access to knowledge? 🗣️ “We need to make sure that everyone has equal access to knowledge, to science, to education, in order to allow us to be better, smarter, more creative, as a society at large,” advocates Maria Drabczyk, Head of Policy and Advocacy and Board Member of Fundacja Centrum Cyfrowe. 💭 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? Human rights include: 🔹 the “right of access to, participation in and enjoyment of culture” 🔹 the right “to receive and impart information and ideas” Yet, Maria points out a sobering reality: “Unfortunately, [access to knowledge] is not something that is equally available and granted all over the world.” This disparity in access to knowledge isn’t just an academic issue: it's a human rights concern that affects our collective potential as a global society. 👀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟭 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗲 https://lnkd.in/epWzsWsX  📺 𝙂𝙤 & 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6arAdfS  𝙊𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 & 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚! #KnowledgeCapsules #AccessToKnowledge #HumanRights #science #education #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

🤩 KR21 @ the 30th Panhellenic Congress Of Academic Libraries (23-25 October) 🫵 If you are attending this conference organised by the University of Athens, don’t miss out on the opportunity to join a forward-thinking workshop on “Intellectual Property, Open Science, Access to Knowledge and Information: Towards a New Model for Research and Academic Libraries" by our Greek national coordinator, Georgios Glossiotis, and management committee member, Giannis Tsakonas (LIBER Europe). 🫴Join Georgios & Giannis on 23 October from 16h30 to 17h30! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eDHXtta8

👏 Friday is for sharing & caring! 🔦 Let’s shine the spotlight on KR21’s Portuguese national coordinator this week! Eduardo Santos presented the legislative path towards open access, zooming in on secondary publishing rights in the EU, at the 15th Open Science Conference of Portuguese-Speaking Countries on Tuesday, 1 October. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d8JYzWCB #SecondaryPublishingRights #SPR #OpenAccess #OpenScience #ConfOA2024 #ConfOA #CiênciaAberta

📢 KnowledgeRights21 is honoured to join COMMUNIA’s conference this afternoon, 2 October, on why Europe needs a Digital Knowledge Act at TownHall Europe in Brussels. 💡 We’ll be represented by Ben White, who will share KR21’s vision of empowering the education, research, and library sectors in the digital age to boost Europe's competitiveness and unlock access to knowledge. 👥 We’re delighted to be part of a great lineup of speakers: 🔹 Justus Dreyling (COMMUNIA) 🔹 Paul Keller (Open Future Foundation) 🔹 Teresa Nobre (COMMUNIA) 🔹 Brigitte Vézina (Creative Commons) 🔹 Bernd Justin Jütte (University College Dublin) 🔹 Giulia Priora (NOVA IPSI Knowledge Centre, NOVA School of Law) 🔹 Susan Reilly (IReL) 🔹 Martin Senftleben (University of Amsterdam) 🎤 Closing remarks by MEP Tiemo Wölken (Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament) 👩 Moderation: Teresa Hackett (EIFL) ➡️ More info: https://lnkd.in/eJY34kKU #DigitalKnowledgeAct #research #education #libraries #AccessToKnowledge #competitiveness #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

🎥 Missed our expert-led webinar on AI in science and research? The recording is now available! Watch now: “The AI Orphan? Protecting science and research in an AI debate dominated by the entertainment industry” ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eZ8PfiRK Rachael Samberg, Director of Scholarly Communication and Information Policy at the UC Berkeley Library, highlights how AI is not the new kid on the block at the university, but understanding around it is still lacking. “So many people (...) have been using AI tools, third-party AI tools, both non-generative and generative for years, but you have a tremendous amount of the faculty who doesn't understand how tools have been used in text and data mining for years.” To avoid misunderstandings and get buy-in, “you need to get the researchers on board, and that means within the library, you need to understand how the technology works,” Rachel stresses. In this fragment, she emphasises the need to: ✅ acknowledge and educate about AI’s long-standing role in research ✅ ensure widespread faculty education and researcher buy-in ✅ raise awareness about the licensing implications of different uses 🎓 Whether you’re a researcher, librarian, or policy maker, this KR21 webinar offers valuable perspectives on navigating AI challenges in academia. 🗃️ Don't forget to check out: KR21’s long read on the alarming trend of publishers hindering AI use in universities 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eKf-nJNY KR21 Principles on Artificial Intelligence, Science & Research 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eJ25n_Wz 🔗 https://lnkd.in/egnQ8CAB KR21 AI Primer 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eGrjkHrz #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Research #Science #CopyrightAdvocacy #Copyright #AIPolicy #AIAct #OpenNorms

The Letta and Draghi reports: the need for new thinking and flexibility in Europe's information ecology to drive competitiveness and growth. The importance of knowledge sharing and circulation for Europe’s economic future has been acknowledged in Enrico Letta’s recent influential report, ‘Much More than a Market’. In his report on ‘The Future of European Competitiveness,’ Mario Draghi stressed that Europe faces a dual innovation challenge: failing to commercialise innovation and stifling scale-ups with inconsistent and restrictive regulations. ⚠️ According to both reports, inflexible rules governing how information and data can be utilised and shared are a crucial factor contributing to Europe’s innovation paradox. 🛑 The issue: Copyright leverages “copy control” over every aspect of the modern economy, which is NOT what it was designed for. How governments respond to copyright's all-encompassing control over our digital society and economy thus matters greatly: a broad-brush approach to copyright law isn’t serving the modern digital economy! 💡 Our latest blog post is a must-read to understand: 🔹 the challenges created by rigid copyright laws in a rapidly evolving technological landscape (unintentionally) stifling innovation; 🔹 how to put Europe back on track by following the lead of tech-savvy countries in adopting more flexible, principle-based copyright exceptions to support research, AI development, and knowledge valorisation; and, 🔹 it’s possible to have hugely successful technology AND entertainment industries. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e2CYABBD 📢 KR21’s recommendation: “If Europe is serious about supporting research-industry collaborations as part of a wider knowledge valorisation and competitiveness strategy, the 2001 Information Society Directive needs to be modernised.” #LettaReport #DraghiReport #innovation #research #science #competitiveness #copyright #CopyrightReform #InfoSocDirective #InfoSoc #OpenNorms #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

⏰ Today's the day! Don’t miss our expert panel on enabling and safeguarding AI uptake in science and research at 15h CEST: 🟡 Clemens Neudecker (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz) 🟠 Rachael Samberg (UC Berkeley Library) 🟡 Ben White (KR21) Researchers, librarians, policy makers: this webinar is for you! We’re tackling the often overlooked challenges researchers face in the AI space. Don’t let entertainment industry concerns overshadow the future! 🔗 Register NOW:  https://lnkd.in/eWk-NGEt 🔗 Details: https://lnkd.in/egruTaz3 Equip yourself with knowledge: ↪️ Long-read: https://lnkd.in/eKf-nJNY ↪️ AI principles: https://lnkd.in/egnQ8CAB  ↪️ AI primer: https://lnkd.in/eGrjkHrz #AI #Artificialintelligence #MachineLearning #research #science #CopyrightAdvocacy #copyright #AIpolicy #AIAct #OpenNorms

🤯 Thought-provoking read: Should cultural heritage institutions opt out of AI data mining? KR21’s Policy Committee member Ariadna Matas Casadevall (Europeana) raises critical questions about the unintended consequences of blocking AI from mining cultural heritage data. While aimed at curbing Big Tech’s data practices, this approach might be counterproductive: 🔹 It fails to deter tech giants, who can afford legal risks or data acquisition costs 🔹 It unintentionally hinders SMEs, journalists, cultural heritage professionals and researchers 🗣️ “It risks weakening those who need the commons the most,” Ariadna cautions, recalling the increasingly vague boundaries between commercial and research. 🔗 Read her thoughts on the subject: https://lnkd.in/enBn_kin 🔜 Do you want to learn more about how and why to safeguard scientific innovation in the AI era? Don’t let this opportunity slip by, join our webinar this Friday, 27 September: https://lnkd.in/egruTaz3 #CulturalHeritage #DCDSM #CopyrightDirective #OutOfCommerceWorks #DataMining #TDM #TextAndDataMining #AI #Artificialintelligence #MachineLearning #research #science #CopyrightAdvocacy #copyright #AIpolicy #AIAct #OpenNorms

💡 𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟭 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 🤔 What if we lived in a world where libraries could lend eBooks just like physical ones, ensuring access to and preservation of culture and knowledge in the digital era? 🗣️ “Libraries should be allowed to acquire works in a digital format of their choice so that they can retain control over the environment in which they provide works,” advocates Justus Dreyling, Policy Director at COMMUNIA. 💭 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? This can be unlocked through Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). The best thing about it: the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed CDL is legal and permitted! Now it’s time for EU Member States to strengthen this in their national legislation. Even then, two major barriers still stand in the way of widespread CDL adoption: 🔹 Technological Protection Measures (TPMs), and 🔹 Abusive contractual provisions (contract override). 👀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘀’ 𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟭 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗲: https://lnkd.in/efdMwekf  📺 𝙂𝙤 & 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6arAdfS  𝙊𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 & 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚! #KnowledgeCapsules #eBooks #eLending #eBookSOS #libraries #CDL #ControlledDigitalLending #SDL #TPMs #TechnologicalProtectionMeasures #ContractOverride #AbusiveContracts #AccessToKnowledge #AccessToCulture