The digital era has profoundly reshaped scholarly communication, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and significant legal challenges. While technology allows for the widest public engagement, the dissemination of knowledge often remains limited or in the hands of a few private entities. In most cases, researchers who lack contractual retention of their rights will sign contracts that transfer all their rights to the publisher. From that point, they lose control over their work unless they find ways to regain these rights. One way to do this is through the Secondary Publication Right (SPR), which is the author’s right to republish in OA and communicate to the public their scientific works, typically of publicly funded research, previously published in a non-OA venue … (more)
[Giulia Dore, Verfassungsblog, 12 November 2025]
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