Citizens and research: The forgotten voices of copyright reform

"Moreover, at the competitiveness Council in 2016, all of Europe’s ministers of science, innovation, trade and industry committed to open access to scientific publications as the default option for publicly funded research results by 2020. Open science is increasingly accepted by governments and industry as a means of not only accelerating innovation, but also ensuring faster access to information for citizens.

However, several proposed elements, such as a narrow TDM exception, the new press publishers’ right and an oppressive liability regime for platforms, will prevent Europe from innovating and from realising the significant potential of open access and open science in promoting scientific discovery and progress. It may thereby reduce the impact of European research worldwide."