ABSTRACT
The following
dissertation refers to the Text and Data Mining (TDM) and
certain
basic issues about the
related
legal framewo
rk in the European Union.
It is
important to
start
our analysis from the definitions that
describe better
TDM and a
small distinction in order to understand better the real meaning both of text and data
mining.
The present and the future
are
the informatio
n society and the use of all
the
available data.
I
nformation may be available in various ways, from
freely available on
the Web and
largely av
ailable on social networks, to
available from publishers to
potential users after
the acceptance of special terms
and conditions.
Through a short mention to the h
istory of TDM it would be
understood that
data analysis
-
as some referred
to TDM
-
is a new, innovative
development
in the
technological world.
Information about Big data and the levels of access to
information
for analysis purposes are a significant step before
moving on
to the main
analysis of this paper. In order for us to understand the legal issues that arise from
text and data mining process, we hav
e to know the way of doing TDM: the available
content and
the extraction of the new information.
The main analysis will focus on
the InfoSoc Directive (
2001/29
/EC
)
and
Database Directive (
96/9/EC)
as the basic legal framework
behind
TDM. The
exceptions
that are referred to the paper are of major importance. Licen
sing is another
option to the regulation of relations between stakeholders, both wit
h positive and
negative options, as it will be referred in the text below.
Finally, it is expected that
all the abovementioned affect the influence of TDM
in our world. Eu
rope seems to be in a much lower level of using TDM than USA and
the reasons have to do
-
in a big part
-
with the existing legal protection
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