Opening Knowledge: Retaining Rights and Open Licensing in Europe

2023/06/28 by Ignasi Labastida i Juan, Iva Melinščak Zlodi, Vanessa Proudman +1 · 1 voice
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Copyright and Intellectual Property #Innovation Policy and R&D #Intellectual Property and Patents

paper · doi:10.5281/zenodo.8084051

openalex publication_date 2023/06/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/18

Abstract

This report investigates the current landscape of non-legislative policy practices affecting researchers and authors in the authors' rights and licensing domain. It is an outcome of research conducted by Project Retain led by SPARC Europe, as part of the Knowledge Rights 21 programme. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for institutional policymakers, funders and legislators, and publishers. It is accompanied by the study dataset. This project was funded by Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin

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• Librarians at the negotiation table can negotiate deals that enable author rights retention, and insist on CC BY as the default licence for all authors; only requiring a more restrictive licence by ex [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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