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A wondeful piece by the South Centre, Geneva that unpacks the political economy of the right to research in Africa. In the contemporary knowledge economy, eliminating systemic barriers to research cannot be overemphasized. The summary: African researchers continue to face information-access barriers owing to copyright exclusivity preserved by the global copyright system that is designed and skewed towards protecting rights holders' interests. A specific explicit human right to research is an important mechanism that can ensure an equitable balance between the private commercial interest of copyright owners and the public interest in promoting access to information for research in Africa. This article demonstrates how the right to research can be constructed from the normative content and scope of the rights to science and culture, education, property and freedom of expression provided for in international, regional and national human rights regimes in Africa https://lnkd.in/dz4kyYcw

It seems that the topic of my presentation "'The right to research' and its relation to copyright' during the 3rd multidisciplinary conference of the Ionian University "Human Rights at the Information Age", that took place in Corfu, on May, 17-18, 2024 (https://rights.ihrc.gr/gr/) is extremely topical . See in this respect the Study that the European Commission has released focusing on enhancing access to and reuse of research findings, encompassing publications and data for scientific endeavours. This marks a significant step under the European Research Area Policy Agenda 2022-2024 on an EU copyright and data legislative and regulatory framework fit for research.  https://lnkd.in/dMxF5diP

#CopyrightWeek 2025 | Day 1: Copyright Policy Should Be Made in the Open With Input From Everyone The evidence is clear: EU copyright and digital policy repeatedly overlook research, education, and library voices. 🚨 A 2024 Knowledge Rights 21 report highlighted this concern in impact assessments. An upcoming KR21 analysis reveals a troubling pattern: this systemic exclusion extends from the EU level to the Member States. Stay tuned for our full findings! 🗣️ KR21's position: Inclusive policymaking is essential to create legislation that fosters access to culture and knowledge and unlocks Europe’s innovation potential. 🔗 Learn why research, education, and libraries must have a voice in policymaking:  https://lnkd.in/g6eqYTqB #CopyrightWeek2025 #CopyrightPolicy #DigitalPolicy #PolicyMaking #ImpactAssessments #CopyrightCouncils #research #education #libraries #science #competitiveness #innovation

At the European Commission, we are committed to making publicly funded #research a resource for all. Today, we launch a key study under the European Research Area Policy Agenda, enhancing access to and reuse of scientific data and publications. The analysis identifies significant barriers that impede open access and reuse of research findings: ❌ Limited access: organisations often lack the necessary subscriptions, ❌ Copyright issues: difficulties in obtaining permissions from copyright owners, ❌ Legal concerns: fears of potential copyright infringement.  What are the possible EU legislative and non-legislative measures for enhancing knowledge circulation?  ✔ Introduction of secondary publication rights: to allow researchers more freedom in sharing their work, ✔ Strengthening research exceptions: more flexible and open-ended exceptions in European copyright law to facilitate research use and dissemination. Together, we can ensure that the results of publicly funded research benefit the lives of people everywhere!   Read the report 👉 europa.eu/!cT8m8m

🤔 How can cultural heritage be reused as widely as possible? 👉 The Europeana Public Domain Charter was developed in 2010, primarily to encourage cultural heritage institutions to maintain the #publicdomain status of #culturalheritage in the digital realm. 🧐  The Europeana Article 14 Task Force is now reviewing the Charter to ensure that it continues to respond to relevant challenges. ▶️ Discover the process and the feedback received during a Copyright Office Hours session dedicated to the topic: https://lnkd.in/dWjbs_Re

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Fantastic read, Desmond Oriakhogba, PhD

On November 21, 2024, I had the pleasure of participating for the second consecutive year in the V Scientific and Practical Seminar "Protection of Copyright and Related Rights in Information and Telecommunications Networks, including the Internet", organized by the First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction, Moscow. During the seminar, I presented on the topic "Assessment of Damages for Copyright Infringement in the Online Environment: Current Trends Based on the Experience of China and the USA". This presentation is also closely connected to the ongoing research I am involved in through the Russian Science Foundation Grant No. 24-28-00567. It was a fantastic opportunity to speak at such a significant and well-organized event, where I had the chance to discuss key issues related to copyright infringement and the challenges in the online environment. The seminar also featured valuable contributions from judges, professors, department heads from leading universities across Russia, and representatives from prominent companies nationwide. It was a valuable extension of my ongoing research into e-commerce IP infringements, providing an opportunity to focus more closely on damage compensation, especially the complexities involved in calculating these damages. #IP #COPYRIGHT #DAMAGES #SEMINAR #COURT 

We've set out our initial thoughts on the Copyright and AI consultation - much of the focus is of course on the proposed text and data mining exception (with right holder opt-out), but there's lots more in the consultation including transparency, effectiveness of opt-out mechanisms, copyrightability of computer-generated works, treatment of digital replicas and infringing outputs. Get in touch if you'd like to discuss - the deadline for a response is 25 February 2025

❗The beginning of UK AI Regulation❗ 𝑶𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏: Last week I lent my support to the good work Mark Taylor and the team at Automated Analytics are doing around their Code of Practice for AI and calls for UK AI regulation. I echoed statements made by Lord Kulveer Ranger that regulation should not be seen as being synonymous with restriction. This is about creating a framework which finds the right balance between protection and innovation for AI companies to develop with confidence. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: The UK's new consultation on AI and Copyright is a step in the right direction with the proposal to expand the text and data mining exemption for commercial purposes subject to the ability for rights holders to opt-out. 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: This is coupled with an understanding that technology will need to play a major part here in helping find workable licensing models that meet the needs of both AI developers and rights holders (if only there were some credible UK based start-ups looking to solve this exact issue... Human Native AI 👀 👀) 𝑮𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕: "Over half of news publishers block the main generative AI web-crawlers using the robots.txt standard." The issue with this is the robots.txt standard does not provide the level of granularity needed to distinguish between certain types of crawlers which means blocking can have a serious impact on where you appear in search results on search engines. The EU's draft General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has a wonderful one-liner on this point: "search engines should take appropriate measures to ensure that a crawler exclusion expressed pursuant to the Robot Exclusion Protocol does not negatively affect the findability of the content in their search engine." Very much looking forward to seeing how this point plays out… 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒈: Our Generative AI & Copyright tracker allows you to track developments in these new and ongoing cases - https://lnkd.in/g5fqrKVb Happy Christmas reading! #AI #AIregulation #tech