What are the differences between #RightsRetention and #SecondaryPublishingRight? Both help achieve #OpenAccess, but the mechanisms differ. #OA100
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!

Act now, Librarians! Ensure full compliance with national #SecondaryPublishingRight laws and, if there is no law in your country, start advocating for legal reform. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇

Librarians, let's talk about the Secondary Publishing Right this week. 📣
#SecondaryPublishingRight is a legal tool for achieving 100% open access. See the card 👇

💡 Librarians, join forces for legal reform or action! In Italy, they campaign to add the #SecondaryPublishingRight; in the Netherlands, they campaign to use it. If your country has the right, exercise it; if not, work to get it. Let’s act to get #OA100! #OpenAccess👇🧵 1/3

🧩 Legislative alignment: #RightsRetention doesn't just act alone; it reinforces and aligns perfectly with broader legal reforms, such as #SecondaryPublishingRight 5/5

🇩🇪Germany introduced the #SecondaryPublishingRight in Copyright law in 2013. It grants authors the right to make publicly funded science publications (≥50% public) #OpenAccess after a 12-month embargo.
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Today we'll benchmark #SecondaryPublishingRight laws! 🇧🇬 Slovenia & 🇸🇮 Bulgaria are the latest. We must harmonise these laws to level up and make the right universal. 👇🧵
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🇳🇱 In the Netherlands, the law already includes the #SecondaryPublishingRight. The “You share, we take care” campaign helped authors and librarians exercise it, making Dutch research openly available. #OA100 3/3

🇳🇱 The #SecondaryPublishingRight in Dutch law allows authors to make short works public free of charge after a "reasonable period". Dutch universities agreed on six months. Look at: tinyurl.com/4fbt4vkj
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🇮🇹 In Italy, libraries and research centres campaign to change the law and include the #SecondaryPublishingRight, following the Rights2Pub initiative. A strong example of advocacy for fair access and #OpenScience! #OA100 2/3

To accelerate 100% #OpenAccess, several countries have already passed #SecondaryPublishingRight into law, using different legal mechanisms.
💡The forthcoming #ERAAct must include SPR to ensure consistent, EU-wide knowledge sharing. Look at the current situation 👇

A #SecondaryPublishingRight should cover:
☑️ All outputs from publicly funded research, not just articles, but also books, chapters and any scientific publications
☑️ Zero embargo for immediate #OpenAccess
☑️ Access to Version of Record preferably: the peer-reviewed, edited article the public paid for

🇸🇮 Slovenia adopted a #SecondaryPublishingRight in its Scientific Research and Innovation Activity Act in May 2025. It covers both publications and research data from publicly funded research. More information: tinyurl.com/5n7tfy2k
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