Rights retention, open licensing and copyright

Watch the VIDEO. Europe has seen a significant growth in Open Access (OA) policies but reform of copyright, licensing and rights retention not followed or kept pace. Research funders such as Horizon programme cOAlition S require authors to retain publishing enable broad sharing work under openly licenses. National have been set up France, Spain Netherlands. Umbrella organizations like LIBER called for legislation on use publicly funded scholarly publications. The European Commission is discussing this challenging area with experts better Science. Some publishers adopted recommended language wholesale, more often their copyright stand opposition funder requirements, meaning are left navigate complexity tension created. A number institutions, UK, Norway Germany putting place support mechanisms authors, while others piloting actions. Stichting IFLA Foundation Programme, partnership IFLA, SPARC implementing three-year Arcadia Foundation-funded laws regulations that libraries provide significantly improved access copyrighted works. Knowledge Rights 21 aims promote change at European, national local levels by accelerating uptake open licensing. It will do calling action behalf publishers, institutions empower IP needed resources take key stakeholders new paradigm where supports first year five KR21 project focused building an evidence-base around current licensing, leading sub-project Project Retain. aim establish baselines trends can be monitored subsequent years. research seek understand researcher motivations how these understood being interpreted policymakers. utilize interviews, surveys focus groups build picture what processes put across Europe, drawing attention drivers blockers progress, offering insight into good practice innovative approaches. also upon 2020 study which looked provided large commercial numerous smaller ones showing meet complexities faced OA necessarily retaining copyright. We highlight policy since time. Our presentation headlines generated status amongst funders. out early thinking recommendations arising from research. then input delegates through discussion brainstorming refine our interpretation potential avenues progress.