Enforcement Task Force

STM publishers started the Enforcement Task Force (‘ETF’) as an informal group in 2004. The ETF was established in 2007 as a self-funding committee of the STM Copyright and Legal Affairs Committee to support it in selected cases of copyright enforcement.

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Barbara Kalumenos to retire from STM

Barbara Kalumenos retires from STM on 28 August 2025. Barbara joined STM in 2008 as Director of Public Affairs, at a time when STM was a very different organisation from today. During her time with STM, she built up the organisation’s presence in Europe, while also developing and strengthening relationships in Japan, China, and India. Barbara’s career with STM has spanned a wide range of issues that have had major impacts on the industry, including intense discussions and changes on copyright, and the emergence and evolution of Open Access and Open Science. Building on her early career as a salesperson, she has used her strong networking skills to connect STM with key stakeholders in Europe and globally. Based in Munich, she has been an important contact point for our German members and for strategic engagement with German and other European publisher associations. On ...
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Report on China’s OA Journal and Early Warning Lists

Shuai Yan, with co-authors Mark Robertson (STM) and Eric Na (IET), has published the third report on developments in scholarly publishing in China. Over the past decade, several Open Access (OA) journal white lists have been developed in China, including the GoOA Fully OA Journal White List (GoOA), the International OA Journal Recommended List (OARL),...
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Joint Statement on EU AI Act Implementation Measures

STM joins a global coalition of authors and rightsholders to express disappointment in the lack of ambition shown in the European Commission’s AI Act implementation package — including the Code of Practice, the Guidelines, and the Transparency Template. These instruments risk setting the wrong direction toward an implementation of the AI Act that is not...
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