1/ LET LIBRARIES LEND E-BOOKS LIKE BOOKS Action 06/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries The EU's highest court recognised e-Lending as legitimate in 2016. A ruling never codified into law. Libraries still cannot acquire & lend e-Books on the same terms as physical books. Fix this.

JULY 2026 KR21 NEWSLETTER The KR21 newsletter is off until September, but this edition sets out what librarians, researchers & knowledge rights advocates should have on their radar. 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-j... Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters #UnitedForKnowledgeRights

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! NEW #RIGHT2PUB GUIDE Copyright in Scientific Publishing: a practical guide for researchers who want to understand and exercise their rights. Let’s stand #UnitedForKnowledgeRights. 🔗 doi.org/10.32091/Gui... #RetainYourRights #OpenAccess #OpenScience

1/ SCRUTINISE THE MARKETS LIBRARIES DEPEND ON Action 05/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries When information markets work, they support education, research & access to knowledge. When too much power rests with a few players, libraries & their users pay the price. Time to investigate.

BIBLIOTHÉCAIRES : DERNIÈRE LIGNE DROITE, NOTRE ENQUÊTE NATIONALE FERME LE 1ER AOÛT ! Plus que quelques jours pour partager les réalités du terrain. Chaque réponse compte, chaque voix pèse dans le débat. Plus d'infos : @cmfrancoise.bsky.social 🔗 kr21.info/fr-survey #eBooks #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! COPYRIGHT REFORM NEEDS A STORY Swedish KR21 national coordinator @signekrantz.swifties.social, from @wikimediase.bsky.social, argues the #OpenKnowledge movement needs its own story, drawing on @ivir-uva.bsky.social’s 2026 Summer Course 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c...

EBOOKS ARE BOOKS. THE LAW SHOULD SAY SO. Irish libraries face an existential crisis over e-Books. Martin Bradley, KR21 national coordinator for Ireland, explains in Katina Magazine why Ireland must act, and how. 🔗 katinamagazine.org/content/arti... #eBookSOS #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

1/ FREE LIBRARIES FROM THE THREAT OF UNLIMITED LIABILITY Action 04/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries The threat of litigation pushes libraries towards excessive caution, restricting fully legal uses rather than risk costly legal action. Limit liability for good-faith activities.

ARE COPYRIGHT RULES WORKING FOR YOU? The 2019 EU #Copyright Directive was meant to deliver for #libraries and #researchers. In the UK, the #AI debate drags on. KR21 has a simple question: Are you being served? 🔗 Survey closes 31 Aug: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K... #Science4EU

23-24 July | KR21 @ #Wikimania2026 3 sessions in Paris on how copyright shapes the work of digital libraries & open knowledge practitioners One question: How do we make #copyright work for #OpenKnowledge instead of against it? 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/events/kr21-... #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

CONTRACT OVERRIDE ENDS HERE: NEW KR21 INFOGRAPHIC Missed our new study of 100 contracts? Here's the fix: ⇒ institutions: model wording for negotiable licences ⇒ policymakers: a provision to make #copyright exceptions contract-proof 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p... #ContractOverride

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! Moldova’s #OpenScience Regulation is a milestone, but while publishers hold the key, openness is theirs to grant & withdraw. #Researchers need a #SecondaryPublicationRight, advocates KR21 national coordinator Mariana Harjevschi. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/o...

1/ KR21 REPORT ALERT | LICENCE TO CHILL: WHAT 100 CONTRACTS REVEAL New study examines licensing agreements across 14 European countries. Where contracts address copyright, they override it, leaving libraries to guess what’s lawful & do less as a result 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/l...

THE #DIGITALOMNIBUS ON DATA MUST WORK FOR RESEARCH TOO Policymakers hold the keys, and #research and #libraries should not be locked out. Parliament and Council must close the gaps. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/d... #OpenScience #Science4EU #BarcelonaDeclaration

1/ REMOVE DIGITAL BARRIERS TO LEGAL USES Action 03/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Libraries need to carry out activities already permitted by law. Technological protection measures (#TPMs) should not impede preservation, lending, or research. Legal in theory, blocked in practice.

5 DAYS LEFT! The call for expressions of interest for KR21's new European Community of Practice on #eBooks & #eLending closes 17 July. Knowledge rights need defenders: Add your voice! 🔗 forms.gle/pGcyj47cLizg... 🔗 #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti...

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! A NEW KR21 INSIGHTS ON OPEN ACCESS Exploring 20 years of EU rule-making, from gentle encouragement to binding obligations. The #ERAact is the chance to make #OpenAccess the rule, not the exception. 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u... #OpenScience #Science4EU

1/ LIBRARIES DESERVE FAIR TERMS Action 02/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Consumers are protected against unfair contract terms. Libraries are not. Clarify that libraries, as well as research and education institutions, need safeguards, especially in the digital environment.

WELCOMING THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY Three areas where #Ireland2026EU can shape the EU agenda: 1. #DigitalFairnessAct protections for #libraries 2. a #SecondaryPublicationRight in the #ERAact 3. safeguarding #AI in science 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/i... #Science4EU

REGISTER NOW! 9 JULY-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 10TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEET UP How do #OpenScience & #RightsRetention support #AcademicFreedom? Join Ana Lazarova (Digital Republic/KR21), Lionel Maurel (@cnrs.fr) & @samuelmoore.org (@cam.ac.uk). 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! KR21 is launching a European Community of Practice on #eBooks & #eLending, putting the #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan into motion. Express your interest by 17 July: forms.gle/pGcyj47cLizg... 🔗 Action Plan: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti...

JUNE 2026 KR21 NEWSLETTER Researchers, gamers, libraries, archives: June made it clear that Europe’s knowledge rules work against the people who need them most 🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-j... Archive & Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters #UnitedForKnowledgeRights #OurFutureMemory

1/ GUARANTEE ACCESS ON REASONABLE TERMS Action 01/09 - #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Libraries should build digital collections based on professional judgement & retain them. Let libraries do what they've always done: support research, education, culture & equitable access.

#LIBER2026 - 1 JULY (5-6 PM) | COME & TALK COPYRIGHT WITH KR21 Catch Stephen Wyber (KR21 - @ifla.org) at the networking power session in Trondheim. He’ll share what KR21’s working on, and wants to hear your copyright frustrations. 🔗 liberconference.eu #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING | BIBLIOTHÉCAIRES: NOTRE ENQUÊTE NATIONALE FERME LE 1ER JUILLET, À VOS CLAVIERS ! 15-20 min pour documenter la réalité du marché des livres numériques en bibliothèque de lecture publique Plus d'infos : @cmfrancoise.bsky.social 🔗 kr21.info/fr-survey #LetLibrariesBeLibraries

REMINDER | 9 JULY-12H CEST | #RETAINYOURRIGHTS: 10TH EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING We’re talking #OpenScience, #RightsRetention & #AcademicFreedom with: ✱ Ana Lazarova | Digital Republic/KR21 ✱ Lionel Maurel | @cnrs.fr ✱ @samuelmoore.org | @cam.ac.uk 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

DIGITAL OWNERSHIP IS BROKEN FOR LIBRARIES TOO As MEPs (@annacavazzini.bsky.social) ask if consumers still own what they buy, #libraries are asking the same question. #DigitalFairnessAct 🔗 EP Workshop: kr21.info/ep-workshop/ 🔗 KR21 reflections: ⇒ kr21.info/different-pl... ⇒ kr21.info/because-beca...

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EXCEPTION TO THE EXCEPTION KR21 national coordinator for the Netherlands, Maarten Zeinstra, explores how a single Dutch archive unlocked +700,000 audiovisual items & what this reveals about Europe’s struggling #OutOfCommerce regime #CulturalHeritage 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/e...

CONSUMER PROTECTION MEETS COPYRIGHT Gamers & libraries face the same headache: digital content that can simply disappear. EC’s reply to @stopkillinggames.bsky.social? A limp “because, because.” EU’s copyright consultation closes 25 June: a chance to push back! 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/b...

1/ FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! THE PATCHWORK PROBLEM EUROPEAN RESEARCH CAN'T AFFORD New @centrumcyfrowe & Future Law Lab report maps the fragmented #research exception landscape across 28 European #copyright systems 🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/e...