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knowledgerights21.org
#CopyrightWeek: while rightsholders have strong enforcement tools, user rights lack teeth!
A June '24 independent expert study by Christophe Geiger (Uni Luiss) & @bjjuette.bsky.social (UCD Law School) for @communia.bsky.social & KR21 shows the way forward: an #AccessRight
🔗 kr21.info/accessright
January 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
knowledgerights21.org
#CopyrightWeek: EU copyright & digital policy repeatedly overlook research, education, and library voices. An upcoming KR21 analysis reveals that this systemic exclusion extends from the EU level to the Member States. It's time for inclusive policymaking!
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c...
January 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
eff.org
The proliferation of DRM and walled-garden game vendors has eroded ownership rights over video games, and risks the same fragmented subscription frustrations we see with film. #copyrightweek
Fragging: The Subscription Model Comes for Gamers
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different
www.eff.org
January 24, 2024 at 9:01 PM
knowledgerights21.org
1/ #CopyrightWeek: our 3-part report series on digital locks 🔒 shows they hinder research, education & preservation. These barriers put our digital heritage at risk. The research by @create-glasgow.bsky.social (@uofglasgow.bsky.social) helps craft a path towards better access 👇
#TPMs #DigitalLocks
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
knowledgerights21.org
#CopyrightWeek: The evidence is in—empowering #libraries creates wins across the board! Australia's Untapped project shows that #eLending enables access, generates author income & revives 'lost' books. Let's unlock this potential in Europe!
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/t...
#eBookSOS
January 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
informationlabs.org
Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: Dr @alinatrapova.bsky.social (@ucllaws.bsky.social) shared a guiding #BetterRegulation principle 👉 "Work together to find meaningful ways to not kill a fly with an elephant gun"!
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/1-1...
📺 youtu.be/Xdahef7tFYw
January 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
eff.org
We continue to fight for a version of copyright that truly serves the public interest. And so, every year, EFF and a number of diverse organizations participate in #CopyrightWeek
It's Copyright Week 2024: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright
We continue to fight for a version of copyright that truly serves the public interest. And so, every year, EFF and a number of diverse organizations participate in Copyright Week. Each year, we pick
www.eff.org
January 27, 2024 at 6:14 AM
informationlabs.org
Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: @mchangama.bsky.social (@futurefreespeech.org/Vanderbilt University) warns of an unprecedented level of control over #FreeSpeech with increased limitations on AI outputs and prompts.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/erKVcmsDtF8
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
recreatecoalition.bsky.social
Today’s #CopyrightWeek theme is “Device and Digital Ownership.” One of the greatest threats to digital ownership is the legal protection for digital locks found in Section 1201 of the Copyright Act. Read more about how Big Content turned moral panic over copyright into a massive rights grab:
Re:Create’s Take on Day 3 of EFF’s Copyright Week: Device & Digital Ownership - Re:Create
This week Re:Create member EFF is leading its annual “Copyright Week,” a week that emphasizes how America relies on a balanced copyright system to promote creativity and innovation, and highlights som...
recreatecoalition.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:44 PM
informationlabs.org
Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: Ariadna Matas (Europeana) warns unnecessary caution in the #CulturalHeritage sector creates barriers to AI data use & recalls institutions’ public interest mission.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/4RLJXdfJDKg
January 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
🌍 Join us for "Ten Approaches to Rights Retention in Europe"—a @SPARC_EU webinar with the support of @knowledgerights21.org!
#RetainYourRights #CopyrightWeek
📅 Thursday, 20 February 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
Register now 👉 buff.ly/40zRex4
January 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
informationlabs.org
Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: Dr @sverhulst.bsky.social (@thedatatank.bsky.social/The Gov Lab) calls for a #DecadeForData, as he warns of a #DataWinter as science data becomes less open and more proprietary.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/6wMcnUJ3yUc
January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
recreatecoalition.bsky.social
Next week @eff.org is hosting Copyright Week!

In yesterday’s Re:Create Recap @bbutler.bsky.social outlined what we look forward to focussing on during this year’s #copyrightweek!

Read more ⬇️

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ReCreate Recap January 23, 2025
mailchi.mp
January 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
knowledgerights21.org
#CopyrightWeek: There is much to gain by adopting #OpenNorms!
Europe can't rest on its laurels: the KR21 ‘24 report by CIPPM explores the opportunity 👇
🔗 Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/copy...
🔗 Blog post: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...
🔗 Webinar recording: youtu.be/LgyL_YSPpgI
January 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
ccianet.bsky.social
Principles such as fair use and protections for online intermediaries under Section 512 of the DMCA ensure that copyright regulations and technological advances can coexist. #CopyrightWeek #FairUse
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
knowledgerights21.org
5/ 📽️ Watch Professor Erickson unpack our #TPMs report series’ findings: youtu.be/dj6BTl8qX0Y
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
knowledgerights21.org
4/ 💰 #TPMs Report 3: Economic analysis of TPM impacts by Prof Erickson & Felix Rodriguez Perez (@create-glasgow.bsky.social)
↪️ Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/tech...
↪️ Blog: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks
Technological Protection Measures and Digital Preservation: Evidence from Video Games
INTRODUCTION This report assesses the impact of Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) on preservation of digital materials. TPMs impose costs from…Read More
www.knowledgerights21.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
knowledgerights21.org
3/ 📊 #TPMs Report 2: Survey findings on TPM impacts by Prof Erickson (@create-glasgow.bsky.social) & Victoria Stobo (@liverpooluni.bsky.social)
↪️ Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/surv...
↪️ Blog: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks
Survey on Technological Protection Measures: Impacts for Researchers, Libraries & Archives
INTRODUCTION This document reports the results of a survey carried out to assess the impact of Technological Protection Measures (TPMs)…Read More
www.knowledgerights21.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
knowledgerights21.org
2/ ⚖️ #TPMs Report 1: Legal analysis by Anthony Rosborough (@dalhousieu.bsky.social | @eui-eu.bsky.social)
↪️ Report: www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/tech...
↪️ Blog: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d...
#CopyrightWeek #DigitalLocks
Technological Protection Measures and the Law: Impacts on Research, Education & Preservation
INTRODUCTION Concurrent with copyright’s foray into the digital environment is a reliance on technical means of protecting works or “technological…Read More
www.knowledgerights21.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
informationlabs.org
Revisiting #AI lab conversations for #CopyrightWeek: @derekslater.bsky.social (Proteus Strategies) argues rightsholders can’t enclose and cut off the basic building blocks of culture & knowledge - all creativity builds on the past.
🎧 ailab.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/8pa3zBQpgMU
January 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
pranesh-archive.bsky.social
HP Saksena, Hon. MP from Uttar Pradesh, didn't believe in #copyright, calling it a sign of "degenerate times" in 1955 debate #CopyrightWeek
February 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
healthsci.bsky.social
Blog posts every day this week: www.eff.org/copyrightweek
January 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
recreatecoalition.bsky.social
Today’s #CopyrightWeek theme is “Fair Use and Free Expression.” A major imbalance in the copyright system is its failure to protect fair use as robustly as it protects exclusive rights.
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
recreatecoalition.bsky.social
Day 1 of #CopyrightWeek is about copyright enforcement as a tool of censorship. On the web the ultimate censorship power is unilaterally blocking an entire website, so today we highlight how siteblocking looks a lot like another web censorship scam, the SAD Scheme. Read more:
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
xor-archive.bsky.social
Live every week like it's #CopyrightWeek
November 8, 2024 at 2:22 PM