The New Copyright Directive: A tour d’horizon – Part I
…which for the most part cannot be overridden by contract. Their basic regime is as follows. Articles 3 and 4 contain TDM-related exceptions. TDM is defined as “any automated analytical…
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Digital Single Market, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Legislative process, Text and Data Mining (TDM)
Limitations to Text and Data Mining and Consumer Empowerment. Making the Case for a Right to “Machine Legibility”
…(TDM). TDM uses techniques from natural language processing, machine learning, information retrieval, and knowledge management for the automated analysis of digital content (structured and unstructured data), in order to extract…
Case Law, CJEU, Digital Single Market, Enforcement, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Germany, Infringement, Legislative process, Liability, Netherlands, Originality, Press Publishers ’ Right, Text and Data Mining (TDM)
Top 10 posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2018
…cultural heritage institutions to engage in text- and data-mining (TDM). The European Commission and the Council recognize that digital technologies have opened up significant opportunities for using TDM techniques to…
The EU’s Controversial Digital Single Market Directive – Part II: Why the Proposed Mandatory Text- and Data-Mining Exception Is Too Restrictive
…cultural heritage institutions to agree upon best practices for conducting TDM research. No TDM Privilege for Profit-Making and Unaffiliated Researchers The DSM Directive assumes that profit-making firms can and should…
Top 3 Posts of the Spring from our IP Law Blogs
…on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, published on 14 September 2017, addresses legal uncertainty as regards TDM practices within the European Union by introducing a mandatory exception for TDM…
Digital Single Market, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Legislative process, Text and Data Mining (TDM)
Text and Data Mining in the Proposed Directive: Where Do We Stand?
…problems with the proposed provision on TDM. First, the beneficiaries of the exception are limited to non-commercial research organisations. Second, TDM is allowed only for scientific research purposes. Third, TDM…
CEIPI Opinion on Reform of Copyright Limitations in the European Digital Single Market
…alia, this CEIPI Opinion highlights that: (1) Given the uncertainties that researchers face in applying present exceptions and limitations to Text and Data Mining (TDM), a new mandatory exception might…
Canada, Case Law, CJEU, Communication (right of), Conference, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Fair Use, Infringement, Making available (right of), Switzerland, Text and Data Mining (TDM)
Copyright 4.0 : a global perspective (and many takeaways) IP Conference held at the University of Geneva on February 22, 2017 – Part 2
Last week we published the first part of a two-part article summarising the essence of the presentations at the annual IP conference organised by the University of Geneva on February…
Digital Single Market, European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Legislative process, Text and Data Mining (TDM)
The Commission’s proposed TDM exception: Who’s to benefit?
…several variations of TDM exception. The most extreme option exempts any reproduction made through text and data mining (TDM) for the purpose of scientific research. Such a broad exception would…
An EU exception for Text and Data Mining in the pipeline
…are made (at some stage of the TDM process) and therefore the exception for temporary copies cannot apply. On top of this, TDM has an independent economic significance (though the…