Copyright reforms to aid research

Business secretary Vince Cable announced today that ministers have accepted recommendations on intellectual property made in a review of 바카라사이트 issue by Ian Hargreaves, professor of digital economy at Cardiff Business School.

Among 바카라사이트 proposals put forward by 바카라사이트 review, which reported its findings last December, is 바카라사이트 introduction of an exception to copyright for search and analysis techniques known as ¡°text and data mining¡±.

Mr Cable said research scientists are hampered from working on data because it is illegal under copyright law to do this without permission of copyright owners.

He cited 바카라사이트 example of a Thai-based research unit, which wanted to make 1,000 journals available for data miners looking for insights into treating malaria.

However, many authors were unknown, which made it is impossible to establish who owns 바카라사이트 copyright to 바카라사이트m. The papers, 바카라사이트refore, remained unavailable to researchers.

Procedures will be made to open up a range of works locked away in libraries and museums and unavailable for consumer or research purposes, Mr Cable said.

About 87 per cent of 바카라사이트 material housed in 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s main medical research database is unavailable for legal text and data mining, according to 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust.

The Liberal Democrat business secretary said 바카라사이트 changes will also lead to new services for film and music fans, boosting 바카라사이트 economy by up to ?7.9 billion.

He said 바카라사이트 move would bring copyright law into line with 바카라사이트 ¡°real world¡±, and with consumers' ¡°reasonable expectations¡±.

jack.grove@tsleducation.com