http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/e0a104de8df85139 https://verfassungsblog.de/eu-copyright-protection-right-to-research/ Reconciling EU Copyright Protection With the Right to Research - Why We Need a General Research Exemption (Now!) Senftleben, Martin eng 2025-11-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Copyright Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market European Union Freedom of research Right to education Copyright Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Considering the rapid evolution of digital technology and changing research approaches, it is doubtful whether the current EU copyright acquis offers sufficient support for research that requires access to protected knowledge resources. To this day, EU copyright law misses a general research clause that would allow researchers to do their job in the current information society and contribute to the improvement of societal conditions – regardless of constantly changing technologies and access routes to knowledge resources.