THE PRICE OF LEAVING A SECONDARY PUBLICATION RIGHT OUT OF THE ERA ACT
France alone: ~170m EUR a year in Article Processing Charges (APCs) by 2030.
Across the EU: over a billion.
Include a Secondary Publication Right in the #ERAact.
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WHO WILL FIX COPYRIGHT FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS?
The #InnovationAct & the new Industrial Access Charter are welcome steps, but dodge a key question: who may use knowledge, and for what? The #ERAact or copyright reform must answer it.
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A PACT AGAINST GOLD-PLATING THE RESEARCH EXCEPTION?
EC President von der Leyen wants a Pact against #GoldPlating.
Only 3 countries left the #research exception untouched.
The fix: a mandatory exception in a Regulation.
KR21 urges the EC to act! #ERAact
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This is what collaboration on legislative change for open science looks like: Leaders of SPARC Europe, @ifla.org, @libereurope.bsky.social, and @communia.bsky.social discussed key aspects of the #ERAAct today with the European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva.

IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK (BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY...)
Horizon Europe, the #ERAact, the Innovation Act, the #DigitalFairnessAct, the Data Omnibus & #copyright reform: 6 EU files to watch this autumn, and what they mean for research & libraries
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