EDRI reports that the EU report on the economic and technical evolution of scientific publishing in Europe, published on 31 March 2006, recommends public access to scientific research funded by the European taxpayer.
public access to scientific research funded by the European taxpayer
Background: OpenAccess, OpenAccess.
In the same EdriGram, they write about the debate on the revision of Swiss copyright law:
debate on the revision of Swiss copyright law
A crucial point is the legal status conferred to technical copyright protection measures, such as Digital Rights Management (DRM), and ensuring prohibition of their circumvention. However, in contrast with copyright laws passed in other countries, circumvention would be allowed for uses authorized in general by copyright law (personal copies, fair use). File downloading will remain legal, because users cannot be required to decide whether a file is offered legally or not. The proposed law clarifies the legal status of Internet Providers, stating that they can’t be held responsible for their customers’ copyright infringements.
That particular piece of news was contributed by somebody I know from my time at WilhelmTux: DanielBoos, Member of SIUG and DigitaleAllmend – a very nice guy indeed!
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