Since the beginning of the year, we have fleshed out proposals for measures that should be included in a Digital Knowledge Act — a targeted legislative intervention that enables libraries, archives, universities and other knowledge institutions to offer the same services online as offline.
In a series of six policy papers, we identified the constraints that knowledge institutions face in the digital environment and developed legal solutions on how to address them for the incoming legislators. These policy papers cover a broad range of issues that we believe should be tackled comprehensively through a Digital Knowledge Act to fully unlock the potential of European knowledge institutions.
- Policy paper #16 on public sector documents and public speeches
- Policy paper #17 on access to publicly funded research
- Policy paper #18 on limitation of liability for knowledge institutions
- Policy paper #19 on e-lending
- Policy paper #20 on the right to use Public Domain heritage
- Policy paper #21 on the right to license and own digital materials
We invite lawmakers, stakeholders and other interested parties to discuss these proposals with us.
Please also join us at the EDRi civil society summit on tech, society, and the environment on October 1st, and our own event on why Europe needs a Digital Knowledge Act on October 2nd to learn more about our ideas.