From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:13:26 -0400

Question for European colleagues:  Is this a promising development?

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Declan Butler
15 September 2016

Europe proposes copyright reform to help scientists mine research papers

Long-awaited plan would exempt computer-aided harvesting from EU copyright law.

"The European Commission has announced long-awaited plans to make it
easier for researchers to harvest facts and data from research papers
— by freeing the computer-aided activity from the shackles of
copyright law."

http://www.nature.com/news/europe-proposes-copyright-reform-to-help-scientists-mine-research-papers-1.20606