STM prepares submission on the open public consultation on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology | STM

"Because the public interest is not served if access to and dissemination of trusted scientific publications and data is not sustainable, rules governing publication must allow publishers to obtain the exclusive use of copyrighted content in relevant media (e.g. online, electronic, print, micro-fiche etc) so that the substantial investments they make in scholarly communication can be recovered....Reliable papers that report on publicly funded research should be publicly available, but not necessarily for free. The vital role copyright plays in enabling sustainable and trusted scholarly communication must not be eroded because of content in electronic formats...."