Advocating for a 21st century copyright and open access environment across Europe in the area of education and research. Arcadia funded NGO. https://www.knowledgerights21.org
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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.
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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!
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#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
KnowledgeRights21
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.
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#ArchivesForJustice
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!
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#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.
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#Science4EU
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.
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#eBooks #eLending
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.
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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).
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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!
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#ArchivesForJustice
