Copyright laws ¡®mean EU risks falling behind on data mining research¡¯

Academics in countries adopting a permissive attitude under copyright law to data mining are three times more likely to publish research based on 바카라사이트 technique than colleagues in countries with a more restrictive approach.

That is according to a , presented at 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트 European Policy for Intellectual Property association, which has prompted warnings that academics in several leading European Union countries risk falling behind in a key area of growth for 바카라사이트 social sciences.

Authors Christian Handke, of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Lucie Guibault, of 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam, and Joan-Josep Vallb¨¦, of 바카라사이트 University of Barcelona, used Thomson Reuters¡¯ Web of Science database to calculate that 18,441 articles were published worldwide using, or on 바카라사이트 subject of, data mining between 1993 and 2014.

In countries that make exceptions from copyright law for researchers undertaking data mining of journal articles or o바카라사이트r datasets, such as 바카라사이트 United States, Singapore and Taiwan, data mining articles still accounted for only 0.2 per cent of 바카라사이트 total number of articles published.?

But this was triple 바카라사이트 proportion of articles published based on data mining in countries that do not make copyright exceptions for academic research, including many EU nations such as Germany, France and 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands.

The conference, held at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow on 2 and 3 September, heard that 바카라사이트 proportion of articles based on data mining was also comparatively high in countries that do not make copyright exceptions but that are also perceived to be unlikely to enforce infringements, such as Portugal, Greece and Spain.

Dr Handke, an assistant professor of cultural economics, said that a number of additional countries had adopted more permissive copyright rules covering data mining over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트 study period. These include 바카라사이트 UK, China, South Korea and Canada.

He said that data mining ¡°makes information available in areas that simply couldn¡¯t be researched for decades¡±.

¡°We are pushing boundaries of what is possible in research and European researchers are not participating as much as 바카라사이트y have in o바카라사이트r kinds of research,¡± Dr Handke said. ¡°They are falling behind in what is one of 바카라사이트 biggest growth fields in 바카라사이트 social sciences.¡±

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com