Joost Taverne

Dutch politician
Joost Taverne
Joost Taverne (2016)
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 November 2012 – 23 March 2017
In office
26 October 2010 – 19 September 2012
Personal details
Born (1971-09-22) 22 September 1971 (age 52)
NationalityDutch
Political partyPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
OccupationPolitician

Joost Taverne (born 22 September 1971) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was an MP between 8 November 2012 and 23 March 2017. He was already an MP from 26 October 2010 to 19 September 2012.[1]

Amendment to Dutch Copyright Act

One of the important achievements of Taverne regarding Dutch law was his amendment on the Copyright law of the Netherlands, which amendment was passed by the Dutch House of Representatives in February 2015.[2] Added to Dutch Copyright Law was art. 25fa, stating that scientific publications funded with public money should be available in open access "following a reasonable period of time after the work was first published" (practically accepted to be 6 months).[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Mr. J. (Joost) Taverne" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Belangrijke aanpassing auteurswet op komst". www.openaccess.nl. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  3. ^ 'Amendment to Copyright Act', openaccess.nl (7 July 2015)
  4. ^ "Auteurswet". wetten.overheid.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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(SP – 15)Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA – 13)Party for Freedom
(PVV – 12)Democrats 66
(D66 – 12)Christian Union
(CU – 5)GroenLinks
(GL – 4)Reformed Political Party
(SGP – 3)Party for the Animals
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(50+ – 1)Bontes/Van Klaveren Group
(Indep. – 2)Kuzu/Öztürk Group
(Indep. – 2)Member Van Vliet
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See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 · 2015–2019
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People's Party for Freedom
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Party for Freedom (20)
Socialist Party (15)
Democrats 66 (10)
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Christian Union (5)
Reformed Political Party (2)
Party for the Animals (2)
Independents (4)


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