From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:48:33 +0000 It is a step in the right direction - and follows the UK in allowing text and data mining to content that you have legal access to. Some of us think that it, like the UK exception, it doesn’t go quite far enough. In the UK it is only non-commercial activity that is allowed; in the European proposal it is only for organisations “acting in the public”, so commercial organisations aren’t covered. But at least it is a step! David Prosser On 16 Sep 2016, at 05:23, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 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? ******* 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