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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

For public sector bodies — producers and holders of vast quantities of data — as well as for the companies that act as suppliers, the sui generis database right has been slowly eroded since 2003. So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.

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The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this respect, in order to carry out TDM for commercial purposes, which lie beyond the scope of the present UK exception, the consultation sought evidence on the available licensing models. Users reported mixed experiences with licensing. However, no such quantitative evidence was provided by the respondents. All-purpose TDM.

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A “pro-innovation” agenda: the UK Government’s Approach to AI and Digital Technology

LexBlog IP

to make public sector data accessible to industry and other external groups, including the legislative arrangements relating to open public data and aspects such as licensing-type agreements, so as to maximise public and economic value.” and] will explore how this could be expanded.