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From Google Translate: "Germany's universities threaten an involuntary timehop ​​in the age of copying. At the beginning of December, students, staff, and instructors of some universities received e-mails from the study management, which they informed about new regulations on copyright. In the course, teachers were instructed not to make copies of copyrighted texts available to the students in digital form on platforms. In addition, all existing digital resources in these platforms, such as Moodle, would be deleted. This means not only the return to the almost forgotten semester program in the university library, and long queues in front of the copying machines. Towards the Open Science it raises Germany's knowledge-based society and research back even a few years.

Background is a framework agreement between the collecting society word (VG WORT) and the Standing Conference (KMK). From January 1, 2017 onwards, every page of a document used should be billed individually. For this purpose, VG Wort has developed an "electronic reporting procedure for the recording and reporting of individual uses at the universities". This "enormous amount of work" is not guaranteed, the higher education institutions oppose it. Furthermore, numerous legal, technical and organizational questions were not resolved. Rector conferences of eight federal states have therefore announced not to join the contract. Last Friday was VG WORT known the deadline would be extended to 30 September 2017. During this time, a solution together the should HRK (HRK) and the KMK be found.

The universities are also currently arguing with the major scientific publishers. When desired nationwide licensing of their deals with the "DEAL project" the HRK announced the temporary failure of the talks with leader Elsevier. "The principles of open access and all arguments for a fair price design," he said."