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EU copyright reforms draw fire from scientists

Planned changes threaten open science, research advocates warn.
  1. Quirin Schiermeier
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An influential committee of the European Parliament is due to vote this month on changes to copyright regulations in the European Union, but the latest drafts of the rules have triggered a wave of criticism from open-science advocates. They say that the proposals will stifle research and scholarly communication.

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Nature 556, 14-15 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-03837-7

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  • Clarification 04 April 2018: This story has been updated from an earlier version to clarify Vanessa Proudman’s opinion that effective mechanisms already exist for institutional repositories to remove copyrighted material.

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