Text and Data Mining (TDM)

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Earlier this month the European Commission published a call for evidence relating to the "Report on the review of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive" and a "Targeted initiative for…

On 10 March 2026, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on copyright and generative AI urging the EU Commission to clarify and potentially update the existing copyright framework for GenAI,…

On 10 March 2026, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on copyright and generative AI urging the EU Commission to clarify and potentially update the existing copyright framework for…

Legislatures are notoriously inefficient in legislating for future technologies. These technologies are sometimes developing at the same time as legislatures are debating new laws, resulting in the…

The debate around generative artificial intelligence (genAI) and copyright law has been raging on globally for some time. In some respects, the dust is slowly beginning to settle: for example, the…

 On December 3rd, 2025, RTI SpA and Medusa Film SpA (the broadcaster and the movie production company of Mediaset Group) filed a civil lawsuit before the Court of Rome against Perplexity AI Inc. for…

Now that 2026 year has started with full force, it makes sense to see where 2025 left us in terms of EU copyright law during its final months (October – December). During that period, we saw some…

The UK did not implement the CDSM Directive with its two text and data mining (TDM) exceptions (Articles 3 and 4). Neither does the UK have any horizontal AI regulation such as the AI Act…

We tend to think that bad policy begins in parliament buildings, in closed-door meetings, or in regulatory working groups. But often, it starts elsewhere — on the street, in a café queue, or on…