Text and Data Mining (TDM)

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Single Market, European Union, Research, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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This week, COMMUNIA released a new report detailing unfair practices in the licensing of digital resources to libraries (as a PDF file). This report describes contractual practices identified by licensing managers from public and academic libraries across Europe during a meeting organised by COMMUNIA under the Chatham House Rule. The report also contains clauses from…

CDSM Directive, Digital Single Market, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Hungary, Press Publishers ’ Right, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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Regular readers of the Kluwer Copyright Blog may already be familiar with the excellent reviews of the first two rulings on the European Union’s new text and data mining (TDM) exception – one from Germany (see the Kneschke v. LAION ruling here, here and here) and one from the Netherlands (see the DPG Media v….

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Collective management, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Infringement, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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Once the dust has settled after a difficult lawmaking process, commentators may succumb to the temptation of simply accepting and rubberstamping whatever result has been achieved. After all, much time and effort has been spent on developing the newly adopted rules. The legislator has spoken. It makes perfect sense to explore the full potential of…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), CDSM Directive, CJEU, Collective management, European Union, Legislative process, Round-up, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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Slightly overdue, but here comes the first roundup of 2025. The EU courts have issued just one judgment in this trimester, but to make up for it, there have been several interesting policy initiatives. As a reminder, in this post we update you on developments in EU copyright law between January and March 2025 —…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), European Union, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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The debate on the use of copyrighted material to train generative AI models is evolving, shifting its focus from whether compensation is due to creators, to determining the structure and specifics of a remuneration system. The discussion seems to be focused on a number of remuneration schemes, three of which deserve special attention. First, an…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), European Union, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

(SciencesPo Law School), (CREATe, University of Glasgow), (KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law), (University of Szeged, Hungary), (Institute for Information Law (IViR)), and (University of Oslo)/ /Leave a comment

The European Copyright Society (ECS) has published its Opinion on copyright and generative AI.  The Executive Summary is reproduced below and the full Opinion is available here and here.   Executive Summary The ECS considers that the current development of generative artificial intelligence (AI), under the regulatory framework set up by the Directive on Copyright…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Brexit, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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Being an academic is a vocation. We are not in it for the money (hopefully), but mostly (hopefully) for the impact that we can make on our students’ and colleagues’ lives, as well as to contribute to the process of healthy law and policy-making. It is a job with lots of responsibility, joys, surprises and…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Copyright, Legislative process, Spain, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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A few weeks ago, the Spanish Ministry of Culture released a legislative proposal aimed at introducing extended collective licensing (ECL) for the development of general-purpose AI models. The first of its kind, the “Draft Royal Decree to regulate the granting of extended collective licenses for the massive exploitation of works and other subject matter protected…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), CDSM Directive, Digital Single Market, European Union, Legislative process, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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Introduction The interaction between the AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) and the exceptions for text and data mining (TDM) in the CDSM Directive is one of the most important topics in EU copyright law today. One particularly controversial point of intersection is the AI Act’s attempt, through recital 106, to give extraterritorial effect to its copyright-related…

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Law, Exceptions and Limitations, Germany, Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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In the first part of this post on the Kneschke vs. LAION decision by the German Hamburg Regional Court (“Court”), we explored the Court’s key findings regarding the operational step in a generative AI model, and the decision on the exceptions for scientific research text and data mining (“TDM”) and temporary reproductions. Now, in this…