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.
The 43rd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (hereinafter SCCR) made substantial progress on the issues advocated by the A2K Coalition (Access to Knowledge Coalition), which IPI is a member of. This year’s session was the most productive on the issues of exceptions and limitations. James Love (Knowledge Ecology International), a long-time observer at WIPO, described the outcome and the impact of the public interest community as the strongest since the conclusion of the Marrakech Treaty, which brought global copyright exceptions for the benefit of the blind and visually impaired.
Today, March 17, 2023, a symposium on law in the information society is taking place in the golden lecture hall of the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič will present copyright aspects of artificial intelligence at the symposium.
The third day of the 43rd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is intended for discussion on the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright, especially in connection with the right to research.
The 43rd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR/43) is being held in Geneva from March 13 to 17, 2023. The Intellectual Property Institute has a permanent observer status at WIPO since 2022 and is also a member of the Access to Knowledge Coalition (A2K coalition).