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STM at IFRRO’s Mid-Year Meetings: Advancing Global Copyright Dialogue in Luxembourg

STM General Counsel Molly Stech participated in the 2025 Mid-Year Meetings of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), held from 19 to 21 May in Luxembourg. The meetings brought together more than 120 delegates from 62 member organizations, including European policymakers, academics, collective management organizations, and representatives of authors and publishers, to explore…

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Stay True to the (AI) Act — Stay True to Creativity and Knowledge

A united cultural and scientific front is calling on EU policymakers to honour the intent of the AI Act and uphold the core principles that protect Europe’s creators, researchers, and rights holders.  As implementation unfolds, there is growing concern that current drafts threaten to dilute the Act’s original safeguards—especially around transparency, consent, and enforceable rights….

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A Q&A with STM’s Hylke Koers in Retraction Watch

A timely interview with our own Hylke Koers in Retraction Watch highlights STM’s work on strengthening research integrity in scholarly publishing. With fraud and paper mills exploiting gaps in editorial systems, STM has developed a Researcher Identity Verification Framework—a flexible, inclusive approach to help journals and institutions verify researcher identities more reliably. Originally released in…

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Nature survey on #genAI — and how STM’s draft AI classification can help

A new Nature Magazine survey of 5,000+ researchers shows there’s no clear consensus on how and when generative AI should be used in writing and reviewing scholarly papers — or how that use should be disclosed. To help bring clarity, STM has released a draft report: Classifying AI Use in Manuscript Preparation — that offers…

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