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From the Right to Science to the Right to Open Science: The European Approach to Scientifi c Research – European Yearbook on Human Rights 2022

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Abstract:  This contribution focuses on the framework of human and fundamental rights related to science: on the one hand, scientific research has been heavily influenced by the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and digital technologies; on the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the need to strengthen the Right to Science, ensuring its effective enforcement and the maximum sharing of scientific knowledge. The aim of this contribution is to participate in the debate on the Right to Science by proposing a configuration of a Right to Open Science. It is suggested, therefore, to interpret European policies on Open Science as an explicit embodiment of the human Right to Science. This approach should be adopted as a benchmark in the forthcoming national and local implementations of European policies on Open Science, in order to increasingly guarantee the maximum sharing of knowledge and, at the same time, the protection of the rights and freedoms of the individuals involved.

The Human Rights Case for Open Science | Impact of Social Sciences

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“You’re writing a grant application, and you want to make a strong case for open science! You’ve seen colleagues use language from human rights treaties to support their arguments for open work in the past: but what does that actually mean? Does international human rights law really say that science should be open? In this article, Laura Carter, PhD candidate in the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex and member of the Open Heroines collective, explains that yes, it does, and yes, you can use human rights to argue for open science….”

Publishers’ Protections Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment

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The United States Copyright Office is undertaking a public study at the request of Congress to evaluate current copyright protections for publishers. Among other issues, the Office will consider the effectiveness of publishers’ existing rights in news content, including under the provisions of title 17 of the U.S. Code, as well as other federal and state laws; whether additional protections are desirable or appropriate; the possible scope of any such new protections, including how their beneficiaries could be defined; and how any such protections would interact with existing rights, exceptions and limitations, and international treaty obligations. To aid in this effort, the Office is seeking public input on a number of questions. The Office also plans to hold a virtual public roundtable to discuss these and related topics on December 9, 2021.

Here, but Not Evenly Distributed: Libraries, Innovation and the Right to Science « Library Policy and Advocacy Blog

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“A focus on sharing not just technology, but all forms of knowledge, is arguably missing from the UN 2030 Agenda. And there are questions – around expanding internet access, and finding sustainable models for Open Access. Yet the key elements of any future drive in this area are in place in the shape of libraries.

Clearly we are still some way from delivering the right to science, but the Universal Declaration reminds us that the effort is worth it….”

The right to share in Open Access

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“It can be difficult for researchers to understand what are their author rights, what articles they can archive in Open Access… Fortunately, political decisions are taken across Europe to strongly authorize free dissemination of knowledge. In Belgium, Wallonia-Brussels Federation has presented a decree in order to authorize the Open Access deposit of publicly funded research. Moreover, the federal government plans to propose a bill in this regard in 2018. The preliminary draft decree defining an Open access policy for publicly funded scientific publications in Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) has passed second reading by the FWB government. This preliminary draft decree proposed by the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Media Jean-Claude Marcourt is intended to allow scientific publications of publicly funded research to be freely shared and disseminated. This takes place in the context of the Open Science movement promoted by the FWB.”

The right to share in Open Access

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“It can be difficult for researchers to understand what are their author rights, what articles they can archive in Open Access… Fortunately, political decisions are taken across Europe to strongly authorize free dissemination of knowledge. In Belgium, Wallonia-Brussels Federation has presented a decree in order to authorize the Open Access deposit of publicly funded research. Moreover, the federal government plans to propose a bill in this regard in 2018. The preliminary draft decree defining an Open access policy for publicly funded scientific publications in Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) has passed second reading by the FWB government. This preliminary draft decree proposed by the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Media Jean-Claude Marcourt is intended to allow scientific publications of publicly funded research to be freely shared and disseminated. This takes place in the context of the Open Science movement promoted by the FWB.”

Capitalism and Open Science ? Epeak World News

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“I see a lot of confusion about the interaction between capitalism, neoliberalism and open science in public discussion right now. This article is a response to Stuart Lawson’s Against capital and a continuation of the arguments I found in Eric Kansa’s article It’s the Neoliberalism, Stupid: Why instrumentalist arguments for Open Access, Open Data, and Open Science are not enough.”

Capitalism and Open Science ? Epeak World News

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“I see a lot of confusion about the interaction between capitalism, neoliberalism and open science in public discussion right now. This article is a response to Stuart Lawson’s Against capital and a continuation of the arguments I found in Eric Kansa’s article It’s the Neoliberalism, Stupid: Why instrumentalist arguments for Open Access, Open Data, and Open Science are not enough.”

Stand der Dinge: Open Access in der Verwaltungsforschung – Open PuMa

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From Google translate:

“The state of affairs: Open Access in administrative research

What options are available for openly publishing articles and books, what this costs and how authors can refinance these fees.

Chen and Olijhoek 2016 have reviewed 1000 scientific journals worldwide and developed a measure of Open Access (OA) quality. Unfortunately, no specific results for individual research areas, such as administrative sciences, can be read from this study. Among other things, despite the subject of the study, no data is provided here, where you could have understood this yourself! However, Melero et al 2017 take up the instrument developed by Chen and Olijhoek and use it to examine the Spanish journal landscape. Here are the social science journals those with the highest OA rate and the strongest author rights, probably mainly because the journals are published according to this study, especially by educational and research institutions. These usually work in a nonprofit way and do not make a profit with the release.”