#accesstoknowledge — Public Fediverse posts

Sharing my cross-blog post about #SecondaryPublicationRight #SPR event in Lisbon, last month:

«Portuguese Civil Society Proposes Secondary Publication Rights and Obligation»

#KnowledgeRights21:
https://knowledgerights21.org/news-story/pt-secondary-publication-rights/

#Communia:
https://communia-association.org/2026/03/20/portuguese-civil-society-proposes-secondary-publication-rights-and-obligation/

#Copyright #AccessToKnowledge #Science4EU

Sci-Hub has been blocked in India

https://sci-hub.se/sci-hub-blocked-india

#HackerNews #SciHub #India #Blocked #CopyrightIssues #AccessToKnowledge #AcademicFreedom

Publisher’s cost cutting, including the botched use of AI, pushes editors of top journal to resign

Walled Culture has noted previously the fabulous levels of profit that many academic publishers have achieved, largely through the abuse of copyright, as explained in Walled Culture the book (free digital versions). And yet those levels are apparently not enough for perhaps the most successful of the academic publishers, Elsevier. A story on the site Retraction Watch reports on the mass […]

#academicPublishing #AccessToKnowledge #accessibility #ai #apc #copyediting #editing #elsevier #journals #openAccess #production #profits #resignations #retractions #subscriptions

https://walledculture.org/publishers-cost-cutting-including-the-botched-use-of-ai-pushes-editors-of-top-journal-to-resign/

Here you get the book as pdf: http://worrydream.com/refs/Papert%20-%20Mindstorms%201st%20ed.pdf
#ComputersForChildren #PersonalComputers #ComputerRevolution #Innovation #DigitalLearning #AccessToKnowledge

The EU has brought back opt-in copyright for text and data mining: let’s build on that foundation - @glynmoody
#TDM #copyright #MachineLearning #TextAndDataMining #AccessToKnowledge #AcademicTwitter
https://walledculture.org/the-eu-has-brought-back-opt-in-copyright-for-text-and-data-mining-lets-build-on-that-foundation/

The lawsuit we're fighting isn’t just about the Internet Archive. It will determine the future of all libraries & their patrons, including those with print disabilities. #Accesstoknowledge for diverse communities will be impacted 🌍

Over the next 20 days until we go to court, we’ll be giving you 20 reasons to care about this lawsuit. We can’t wait to introduce you to the teachers, doctors, journalists & many more who rely on our lending library #EmpoweringLibraries https://www.eff.org/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive

J. Bobde is elevating SC to next level of Sealed cover Jurisprudence

The constitution, internet & #RTIAct killed the 'manuvadi' culture of pouring hot metal into bahujan ears for getting #AccesstoKnowledge.

"They have no relation with the information" clearly sounds Manuvadi
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RT @MandhaniApoorva
SC at the moment:

CJI: Have you seen the kind of people seeking information under the Act? They have no …
https://twitter.com/MandhaniApoorva/status/1206457047887183872