KR21 on a new study
The Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) network welcomes the publication of a new study by the European Commission entitled “Improving access to and reuse of research results, publications and data for scientific purposes”.
The Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) network welcomes the publication of a new European Commission study that identifies copyright and other barriers facing the European research sector. The study entitled “Improving access to and reuse of research results, publications and data for scientific purposes” identifies many obstacles for European researchers and offers important regulatory recommendations.
The study follows Enrico Letta’s report, which calls for the introduction of the Fifth freedom – the freedom of circulation of knowledge, as the European Union (EU), despite large investments in research, limits its research potential due to poor copyright regulations. In this regard, KR21 states in its blog that the European knowledge economy is trying to drive with the handbrake on.
The study notes that copyright law has been hindering scientific research and innovation for too long, which is contrary to the public interest, therefore the need to introduce legislation obliging publicly funded research to be immediately accessible to the public was highlighted, and a request to introduce flexible exemptions for open research into European legislation that would support the evaluation of knowledge and not distinguish between for-profit and non-profit reports.
KR21 hopes that in the near future, or in the next mandate, the EU will recognize the obstacles presented by the current copyright law and eliminate them, enabling equal competition with other progressive economies.
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