Letterfrom European Technology SMEs,OpenAccess Publishers and the Research Sector WG4
abernard102@gmail.com 2013-05-28
Summary:
Use the link to access the full text letter opening as follows: "Thank you for yourletter dated 15th April 2013 concerning the issuesraised by the university research sector and EU technology companies, in regardsto their participation in
the 'Licences for Europe' WorkingGroup 4 on Text and Data Mining (TDM). We very much supportthe desire ofthe Commission to better understand the conditions that are currently hindering the adoption of TDM and subsequent exploitation of data. This is a clear sign thatthe Commission recognisesthe huge economic,medical and scientific
importance of TDM. We welcomed the orientation debate by the Commission inDecember 2012 and the subsequent commitment to adaptthe copyrightframework to the digital age.We believe that any meaningful engagement on the legal framework within which data driven innovation exists must, as a point of centrality, addressthe issue oflimitations and
exceptions.Having placed licensing asthe central pillar ofthe discussion,the “Licences forEurope”WorkingGroup has not made this focused evaluation possible ..."