More on Articles 3 and 4 of the new DSM Directive
Yesterday, 2 December 2019 Communia launched the Guidelines for the Implementation of the DSM Directive. Ben White, LIBER and our Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, IPI, coauthored guidelines for Articles 3 and 4 of the DSM Directive. Article 3 and 4 introduce exceptions and limitations for text and data mining (TDM). Exceptions allow for reproduction of copyright works and other subject matter and extraction and/or re-utilization of the whole or of a substantial part of the contents of a work subject to the sui generis database right.
Article 3 provides exception for free use of works and other subject matter, including databases for scientific purposes, including most commercial ones. Such use is permitted to anyone who has lawful access to content via a cultural heritage institution, educational establishment or a research organization and the exceptions and limitations are protected against contract and technological override.
Article 4 establishes exception and limitation for use of works and other subject matter, including databases and software for any purpose, including commercial ones. Anyone who has lawful access to content and who is not prevented from data mining by contract, or if on the open web, by machine readable expressions of terms of use (robots.txt protocol) can rely on the exceptions and limitations. Just as Article 3, Article 4 protects the exceptions and limitations against contract and technological override.
Member States can adopt text and data mining exceptions that are broader in scope than Articles 3 and 4 and are still compatible with EU law. This is especially advisable in countries, where there is political willingness to become the leading force in data analytics, machine learning and AI.
For a detailed analysis, please read LIBER and Communia’s guide on Articles 3 and 4.
On Friday 23 June 2023, a webinar entitled “Copyright and Legal Basis for Generative Artificial Intelligence Training” was held as the inaugural event of an informal research network in the region in the field of copyright. Researchers from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and North Macedonia participated in the event, which is part of the national Open Knowledge Day initiative and the national and regional coordination activities carried out by ODIPI under the auspices of Knowledge Rights 21.
The new report of the Knowledge Rights 21 project partner SPARC Europe is now available.
Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI is organising a webinar on the topic of text and data mining copyright exception, titled “Copyright-legal basis for training generative AI”, as part of the national and regional coordination of the Knowledge Rights 21 programme, led by Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič.
Maja Bogataj Jančič has been invited as a representative of the Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute to attend the User Rights Network and Library Copyright Alliance meetings in Washington DC.