Policy Briefings Archives - STM Association

STM submits comments on upcoming ERA Act

Felicia Bowling — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:53:12 +0000

The European Commission is planning an European Research Area (ERA) Act for Q3 2026, with the aim of further strengthening the European internal market for research and facilitating the free circulation of researchers and knowledge across EU countries. Measures not favourable for publishers (including Green OA measures such as the Secondary Publication Right) nor conducive to Open Science are being considered, so STM pushed back on those aspects whilst highlighting the publishers’ contribution to the ERA and the growth of funded OA in the EU.

Read our full comment here.

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EU Parliament resumes negotiations on AI & copyright

Felicia Bowling — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:52:14 +0000

The EU Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee is resuming discussions on its position on AI and copyright. Whilst not being a legislative instrument, this is quite important as it will provide political indications to the EU Commission. A draft was presented over the summer by MEP Axel Voss to get the conversation started. STM reached out to the key negotiators to suggest amendments to improve aspects of the report related to exclusive rights, contractual freedom, and transparency.

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AI Act implementation package

Felicia Bowling — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:50:15 +0000

Three key documents were released over the summer for the implementation of the EU AI Act’s rules for providers of general-purpose AI models:

The Code of Practice outlines voluntary measures regarding transparency, copyright and safety and security.
These guidelines clarify the scope of the definition and obligations of providers.
The standardised template provides a summary of training content, which will help ensure compliance and support copyright holders in exercising their rights.

Despite the extensive feedback offered by STM and other rightsholders throughout the (often untransparent) drafting process, the outcomes don’t fully reflect the concerns raised and lack ambition. STM prepared an analysis of what these documents mean for its members.

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STM submits comment on NIH’s proposal to cap publisher fees

Felicia Bowling — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:08:38 +0000

Along with many publishers and others in the research community, STM submitted a comment to NIH in response to their “Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs” In addition to the submission, STM has and will continue to engage in dialogue with NIH, OSTP, OMB, and Congress on our concerns about restrictions in grant expenses, both in general and with respect to publishing.

Read our full comments to NIH here.

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NASA releases revised public access plan, solicits comments

stmassoc — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:09:56 +0000

The second agency-wide public access plan for implementing the August 2022 OSTP memo on public access was released on 18 May by NASA, following the release in February of NIH’s plan. NASA has asked for public comment on their plan by 17 August.

Questions in the NASA RFI are similar to the NIH RFI, with the addition of a prompt on software. STM will submit a response and encourages members to do so as well.

Note that NASA had earlier released a new policy for the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) requiring immediate access to publications and broader access to data and software, but this only applied to SMD, not to other Directorates in NASA. Additionally, revisions to that policy (SPD-41a) were already underway before the August 2022 memo was issued.

Each agency is pursuing its own approach to revising its public access policy and may or may not issue requests for public comment. STM continues to engage directly with agencies where we can and will keep members posted on opportunities to participate in public comment or private dialogue.

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