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STM is following developments around Meta’s proposed Commercial Terms and their potential implications for scholarly publishers and other organisations that use its platforms. We share the concerns shared by fellow publisher and news organisations about the breadth of the proposed permissions and the lack of meaningful choice for businesses that rely on Meta’s services. The…

STM has joined nearly 120 organisations calling on Congress to address concerns that federal agencies are moving ahead with elements of the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed changes to federal grantmaking, despite Congress having temporarily blocked implementation of the proposed rule. The broad-based coalition brings together organisations spanning research, education, healthcare, housing, local government…

Research4Life together with Elsevier have today published their final strategic report, combining two complementary Research4Life studies exploring the views of more than 1,200 researchers and institutional leaders in in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The report, New horizons in participation: Strengthening research in low- and middle-income countries, combines a researcher survey (designed by Research4Life’s Equity…

STM has joined with the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), and Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) in an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in In Re: OpenAI, Inc., Copyright Infringement Litigation before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case brings together a number of copyright…