The EU is not considering link blocking. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/16/eu_wont_make_hyperlinks_illegal_copyright/ <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/16/eu_wont_make_hyperlinks_illegal_copyright/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/05/ec_copyright_framework_leak/ <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/05/ec_copyright_framework_leak/>
Any effects of restrictions seem to be limited to commercial sites aggregating copyrighted material - but then copyrighted material by definition has restrictions of use, subject to whatever licences may be granted. Open Access - material that explicitly grants a licence to reuse (and link) content - is not going to be, and can’t be, affected. The most likely outcome of this bill is make text and data mining of copyrighted material easier for research purposes. > On 17 Nov 2015, at 23:12, Heather Morrison <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca> > wrote: > > Open Access depends on linking - and is one of the best exemplars of why > links should not be blocked. Please sign. > > https://savethelink.org/yourvoice?src=158734 > > best, > > Heather Morrison > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
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