Last week, COMMUNIA joined IFLA, LIBER and SPARC Europe for a meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, to discuss the upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act. During this constructive exchange, we highlighted two priorities: an EU-wide secondary publication right to make publicly funded research openly available, and a general scientific research […]
Today, Centrum Cyfrowe is publishing Barriers to Research: Insights into the Patchwork of Research Exceptions in European Copyright Laws and Practical Perspectives from European Researchers, a report prepared in collaboration with the Future Law Lab at the Jagiellonian University (the PDF is available on Zenodo).1 The report examines whether the European copyright framework is keeping […]
On 5 February, the magnificent Great Hall of the prestigious Academy of Sciences of Lisbon hosted Portugal’s first conference on Secondary Publication Rights (SPR). Not even an extraordinary storm that struck Lisbon for several days could prevent an afternoon of lively discussion on the role legislation should play in advancing Open Access to publicly funded […]
The European Commission is expected to present its proposal for a European Research Area (ERA) Act later this year. In anticipation, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) has adopted a motion for a resolution, accompanied by a set of questions to the Commission, setting out key priorities for the upcoming instrument. […]
Last week, COMMUNIA submitted its response to the European Commission’s questionnaire on the European Innovation Act. The Commission considers this initiative a key element of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy, designed to improve conditions for innovators by facilitating the commercialisation of research results, strengthening collaboration between academia and industry, and improving access to markets, […]
Yesterday, COMMUNIA made a submission to the call for evidence for an impact assessment on the European Research Area (ERA) Act. The European Commission is expected to propose an ERA Act over the course of the 2024-2029 mandate, to turn the “fifth freedom” for research, innovation, knowledge and education into reality and unlock European research. […]
Today, COMMUNIA releases Policy Paper #23 for a general scientific research exception (also available as a PDF file), advocating for a comprehensive overhaul of the copyright framework for research uses. The research exceptions in the EU copyright acquis are too limited in scope, not sufficiently harmonised, and display additional conceptual issues, preventing the realisation of […]
