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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">PRESS RELEASE<br></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span>2</span>1 <span>October</span> 2011</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p></span></span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Addressing
legal barriers in sharing of research data<u></u><u></u></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">It is difficult for
researchers and those supporting them to understand how open access to research
data can be legally obtained and re-used. This is due to the fact that European
and national laws vary and researchers work across national boundaries. A
possible approach to providing clarity would be that researchers assign a
</span><span lang="EN-US">licence to their data.
This practice could be incorporated in a code of conduct for
researchers.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">This is one of the
recommendations from the report ‘The legal status of research data in the
Knowledge Exchange partner countries’ which was commissioned by Knowledge
Exchange (KE) and written by the Centre for Intellectual Property Law (CIER).
The aim of the report was to provide clarity by analysing the intellectual
property regimes in the four KE countries and European database law</span>.
Moreover, the report provides three recommendations to achieve better access:
making c<span lang="EN-GB">ontractual
arrangements with authors</span>, h<span lang="EN-GB">armonisation of European copyright law and
setting up of policies on commercial interests. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="2">Licence for
re-use to be included in code of conduct<u></u><u></u></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><font size="2"><br></font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-GB">On 9 September the
findings of the report were discussed in Brussels with national legal experts
and representatives from the European Commission. In the discussion a</span>
waiver or <span lang="EN-US">licence for
researchers was considered to be most likely to be adopted. This could also be
incorporated in a code of conduct for researchers. The discussion revealed that
joint publicly and privately funded research poses a complex challenge as this
requires balancing the interests of public funding and those of private
companies. Harmonisation of copyright law was considered a very complex matter
and not feasible in the short term.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2">The
full report and the four national reports are available at<span lang="EN-US">:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="2">A report on the
seminar is available at:<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
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