An EU exception for Text and Data Mining in the pipeline - Kluwer Copyright Blog

Although researchers have access to more data, the growth in volume of data has outstripped their ability to access, read and analyse it effectively. The data has become too much to handle. It is in this context that text and data mining (TDM) has become important. In fact, it is considered to be a tool to facilitate research at all levels and bring to light new aspects of and insights into existing data by analysing, combining, isolating or synthesising information with the aid of an automated tool.