Copyright and Text and Data Mining: Is the Current Legislation Sufficient and Adequate?

Text and data mining activities—that is, the automated processing of digital materials to uncover new knowledge—have become more frequent in all areas of scientific research. Because they require a massive use of copyrighted work, there are evident conflicts with copyright legislation. Countries at...

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Published in:Portal (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2024-07, Vol.24 (3), p.653-672
Main Authors: Fernández-Molina, Juan-Carlos, de la Rosa, Fernando Esteban
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Algorithms
Communication (Thought Transfer)
Comparative analysis
Computers
Copyright
Copyrights
Data analysis
Data mining
Fair use
Information professionals
Information retrieval
Information Sources
International Organizations
Legal Responsibility
Legislation
Librarians
Library associations
Library Personnel
Norms
Research Tools
Researchers
Scholarly communication
Software
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Summary:Text and data mining activities—that is, the automated processing of digital materials to uncover new knowledge—have become more frequent in all areas of scientific research. Because they require a massive use of copyrighted work, there are evident conflicts with copyright legislation. Countries at the forefront of research and development have begun to address this issue. This paper presents the basic aspects of legislation applicable to text and data mining activities. It offers a detailed comparative analysis of the norms of the main jurisdictions that have regulated them to date, highlighting in each case the positive and negative aspects. An adequate knowledge of these laws is not only important for researchers but also important for the academic librarians who provide advice and support in these matters.
ISSN:1531-2542
1530-7131
1530-7131
DOI:10.1353/pla.2024.a931775