NO, THE TOM KABINET DECISION DOES NOT PREVENT #ELENDING
The #TomKabinet excuse is a distraction.
KR21's #LetLibrariesBeLibraries Action Plan is clear: implement the VOB CJEU decision!
🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/t...
🔗 KR21's #Library Action Plan: knowledgerights21.org/library-acti...

LAUNCHING: Safeguard Access, Empower Europe – An Action Plan to #LetLibrariesBeLibraries
#Libraries face a silent crisis: they are being written out of the digital age. KR21 says it's time to write them back in.
📄 Download: www.knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u...
#eLending #eBooks #eBookSOS

WEBINAR ALERT | 19 FEBRUARY (11H CET)
ENABLING #LIBRARIES, GUARANTEEING RIGHTS
Join us for the official launch of KR21's 9-point Action Plan: "Safeguard Access, Empower Europe - An Action Plan to #LetLibrariesBeLibraries."
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/w...
#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending

WATCH NOW: webinar recording with @create-glasgow.bsky.social on a new KR21 #eLending study.
#LetLibrariesBeLibraries: The time has come to reassert libraries' public function & their autonomy to build digital collections in the 21st century.
🔗 youtu.be/OuSnJrsm2kI
#eBookSOS

8/ WANT TO HEAR THE DETAILS?

Register now to join @create-glasgow.bsky.social at KR21’s 12:30 CEST webinar today, 15 October.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/1...

#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending #libraries

7/ BE PART OF THE (R)EVOLUTION

High time to make e-Lending by libraries sustainable and unlock equitable access to culture and knowledge! Spread the word: share this new report + other KR21 resources within your networks.

#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending #libraries

6/ THREE GROUPS OF INTERVENTIONS: As the regulatory foundation for #eLending, #copyright law can translate this #CompetitionLaw analysis into policy reform in 3 areas:
1. Clarification of what constitutes a lawful source
2. Contract regulation
3. Limitation to exclusive rights

5/ SEVEN POTENTIAL MARKET POWER ABUSES (CONT’D):

5. Excessive pricing
6. Avoidance of the spirit of other laws (#TDM)
7. Lack of transparency

#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending #libraries

4/ SEVEN POTENTIAL MARKET POWER ABUSES:

1. Refusals to supply: outright & withdrawals
2. Constructive refusals to supply: restrictive licensing conditions/delayed supply
3. Bundling
4. Unfair trading conditions

#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending #libraries

3/ WHY THIS MATTERS
Libraries need to empower access to books that is not dependent on the wealth of the reader or solely governed by the licensing terms of rightsholders.

#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending #libraries

2/ THE FINDINGS
The evidence indicates significant problems in e-Lending markets with respect to market structure, licensing and pricing.

#eBooks #eBookSOS #eLending #libraries

1/ REPORT ALERT!
A brand new KR21 report by @create-glasgow.bsky.social examining the markets for #eLending by academic & public libraries in Europe from #CompetitionLaw and #copyright law perspectives.
🔗 Report: kr21.info/elending-mar...
🔗 Blog post: kr21.info/elending-mar...
#eBookSOS

7 PROBLEMS, 3 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE & 1 CHANCE TO HEAR IT ALL
Join us Wed 15 Oct (12:30 CEST) for the launch of a KR21 report by @create-glasgow.bsky.social on #eLending market dysfunctions from competition and copyright law perspectives.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#eBookSOS

ONE WEEK TO GO!
Join our 15 October (12:30 CEST) #eLending webinar presenting findings from an upcoming @create-glasgow.bsky.social report for KR21.
Gain insights into challenges, from market structure and licensing to pricing.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/1...
#eBooks #eBookSOS

¿POR QUÉ VISITAR Liber?
Join @aordas.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, KR21 national coordinator for Spain, at the 9 Oct @fesabid.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy‬ panel at #Liber2025 to talk #eLending in Spain and gain insights from KR21-supported research.
#eBookSOS
🔗 www.fesabid.org/eventos/mesa...

#eBOOKSOS SUPPORTERS: LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TO REGISTER!
15 Oct KR21 webinar (12:30 CEST): Join the @create-glasgow.bsky.social report team to get the primer on their analysis for KR21 of #eLending markets in Europe through a competition & copyright law lens
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/1...

📢 The video of our latest COMMUNIA Salon on the right to e-lend is now online!

Experts explored legal barriers, unfair licensing practices & solutions to empower libraries in the digital world.

#elending #copyright #libraries

🎥 Watch here: communia-association.org/2025/09/29/v...

ATTENZIONE, AMICI ITALIANI
Deborah De Angelis, Italian KR21 Coordinator, will be at the 2-3 Oct XII #NILDE Conference (#UniGE) to discuss #eLending & #eBooks.
Listen to her 2 October intervention (16:45-17:15) or connect with her at the event.
🔗 convegnonilde2025.unige.it/abstract#toc...
#CNR

EVENT UPDATE!
Martin Kretschmer (@create-glasgow.bsky.social) joins @communia.bsky.social’s 24 Sept (15h CEST) online #eLending salon to give a sneak peek of an upcoming competition-focused study for KR21, replacing Franziska Herrmann on the programme
🔗 mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
#eBookSOS #eBooks

NEXT WEEK: JOIN AN ESSENTIAL #eLENDING CONVERSATION!
Sign up now for @communia.bsky.social’s 24 Sept (15h CEST) online Salon on “the right to e-lend” to debate the digital future of libraries!
Get key insights from KR21 research efforts
🔗 mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
#eBookSOS #eBooks #libraries

Georgios Glossiotis, KR21 national coordinator for Greece & Cyprus, outlined #eLending barriers across Europe in a #DigitalEU/#EUIPO webinar.
#eBookSOS: Urgent action needed to enable digital access & help libraries serve communities!
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUo3...
#eBooks #libraries

📬 July newsletter alert: Perfect summer reading! New KR21 collaboration report on #eLending, #AI & EU policy insights, AI regulation webinar recording, community updates & #5thFreedom resources.
🔗 www.knowledgerights21.org/newsletter-j...
🗃️ Archive & ✏️ Subscribe: kr21.info/newsletters

🎉 Exciting news from Italy: The Copyright Law & Access to Knowledge Policies Group (CLAKP) launched its website!
This KR21-supported effort focuses on #RightsRetention, #SecondaryPublishingRights &
#eLending.
🔗 Go explore the CLAKP's efforts: clakp.cnr.it

🚨 BREAKING: New KR21-supported #eLending report on #SecureDigitalLending in Italy, Poland & Spain!
👂 Get the insights from the project partners this afternoon (7 July-15h CEST): kr21.info/7-june-isdl-...
Report: kr21.info/isdl-insight...
Blog: kr21.info/isdl-insight...
#eBooks

👏 Friday is for sharing & caring!
🔦 Let's shine the spotlight on the German KR21 #eBook flash card.
A big thank you to Juliana Pranke (dbv) for the translation effort.
↪️ www.knowledgerights21.org/ebook-flash-...
🌍 Explore other languages: www.knowledgerights21.org/ebook-flash-...
#eBookSOS #eLending

New on #KluwerCopyrightBlog: A 2-part summary of the #eLending report by Jagiellonian University’s Future Law Lab & @centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social for KR21.
↪️ Part I: kr21.info/kcb-elending...
↪️ Part II: kr21.info/kcb-elending...
💪 Librarians, the time for advocacy is now!
#eBooks #eBookSOS

e-Books and Secure Digital Lending in European Libraries: Comparative Analysis Under National and International Law INTRODUCTION Libraries seeking to implement e-Lending services first require a digital copy of a book to lend. While libraries could…Read More

4/ 🗃️ Check out:
🔗 KR21 #eBooks & #eLending position
↪️ www.knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/u...
🔗 Library eBook pledge
↪️ www.ebookpledge.org
🔗 KR21 blog on the route to library-led #eLending
↪️ www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/r...
🔗 KR21 #SecureDigitalLending report
↪️ kr21.info/ebook-sdl-re...

Ebooks: a new call to action Can new eBook research and advocacy tools from CILIP and KR21 kick start the necessary process of change?

3/ 💪 UK-based? Read @cilip.bsky.social's call to action 👉 www.cilip.org.uk/news/702745/... & play your part in the campaign to unlock eBooks 👉 www.cilip.org.uk/page/unlocki...!
#eBooks #ebookSOS #eLending #libraries

2/ 📹 Watch the recording of KR21’s 12 June eBooks update for valuable insights from Finland & the UK, thanks to experts:
🔹 @annatuomikoski.bsky.social (Kansalliskirjasto - The National Library of Finland)
🔹 @heroicendeavour.bsky.social (#ebookSOS | University of Derby)
#eBooks #eLending #libraries

1/ 🤔 Who really curates #library collections in the digital age?
💡 Our latest webinar pinpoints an uncomfortable truth: publishers, rather than libraries, are making decisions about our access to culture and knowledge!
🔗 youtu.be/_WPbUF8NAng
#eBooks #ebookSOS #eLending