The participants will explore the dual role of researchers, both as authors under French « droit d’auteur » (with its strong moral rights) and as users of third-party materials for research purposes. Participants will also learn about the principles of open access policies and publications and the secondary publication right (SPR)…
« Have you heard of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)? We are the voice of the library community on copyright policy. Our founding members—the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library Association (ALA)—represent over 300,000 information professionals and thousands of libraries. Together, we work to advocate…
« Creative Commons (CC) licenses have become the lingua franca of sharing in the digital age. From research articles to photographs to slide decks to learning objects, they are the scaffolding of an open culture that invites reuse, remixing, and redistribution. Their icons — those familiar CC circles — signal permission…
« Higher education institution (HEI) libraries in the UK undertake a variety of interlibrary loan (ILL) and document supply operations, against a current background of increasing budgetary pressures. This article considers the foundations in so‑called library privilege exceptions in copyright law that underpin the long‑standing practice of ILL, aiming to address…
« Introducing the LIBER Action Plan on Improving Access and Reuse of Research Results by Addressing Copyright and Data Legislative and Regulatory Issues.
Research libraries provide researchers with access to content and data, yet despite their efforts, scientists across Europe in all disciplines still report problems. Open Access and Open…
« LIBER is launching an Open Consultation to collect feedback on practical guidelines that help research libraries implement actions based on the findings of a European Commission study on EU copyright and data framework. (…) »
« Today, the U.S. Copyright Office is releasing Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This Part of the Report addresses the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. The Office affirms that existing principles of copyright law are…
« Dans un paysage technologique en perpétuelle évolution, où le logiciel libre, la Science ouverte et l’intelligence artificielle (IA) se croisent et redéfinissent les frontières de l’innovation et de la connaissance, démêler l’écheveau de leurs interdépendances s’avère à la fois prééminent et complexe. Ces concepts, bien que distincts, partagent une vision…
« In light of the recent questionnaire circulated by the Council Presidency on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI) which aims to assess the state of play in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Copyright and understand the current trends, the European Alliance for Research Excellence (EARE) wishes to highlight that…
« Copyright AI nerds have been eagerly awaiting a decision in the German case of Kneschke v LAION (previous blog post about the case here), and yesterday we got a ruling (text of the decision in German here, courtesy of Mirko Brüß).…
