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| In case you were wondering: yes, text and data mining is that exciting |
As reported by the IPKat over the past few months (here, here and here), things have heated up in Brussels
following the release, first, of a Communication from the Commission and, then,
the related "Licences for Europe" initiative.
“Licences for Europe” was intended to work as a forum
to which relevant stakeholders reunited in four working groups could contribute to deliver rapid progress
through practical industry-led solutions in certain areas. These included:
cross-border portability of services; user-generated content and licensing
for small-scale users of protected works; facilitating the deposit and online
accessibility of films in the EU; and promoting efficient text and data mining
for scientific purposes.
With particular regard to the latter, readers will
remember that some stakeholders representing the research sector, European
technology SMEs, and open publishers withdrew from “Licences for Europe”, due to disagreement
over the general approach to text and data mining.
On 13 November there will
be the final plenary meeting to conclude the
"Licences for Europe" stakeholder dialogue. It will be
intriguing to see the final outcome of this initiative.
In the meantime, if you
have a particular fancy for text and data mining, you may be interested to
learn that the day before (12 November) there will be an event hosted by MEPs Pawel Zalewski, Amelia Anderdotter and Marietje
Schaake, which aims to look back at what happened and how to move forward
in this area. The workshop will bring together a broad range of stakeholders,
including MEPs from across the political spectrum, NGOs, industry
representatives, and policy experts.
This
blogger, who will moderate the two panel discussions, is looking forward to learning more about text and data mining and hearing views about its present and future legal regulation.
Further
details can be found here.
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