Graham, I'm having a hard time seeing how regulating aggregation of content or links to content makes text and data mining easier. Seems like it would be harder, and especially if any publication of results becomes infringing. On Nov 18, 2015 3:39 AM, "Graham Triggs" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The EU is not considering link blocking. > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/16/eu_wont_make_hyperlinks_illegal_copyright/ > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/05/ec_copyright_framework_leak/ > > Any effects of restrictions seem to be limited to commercial sites > aggregating copyrighted material - but then copyrighted material by > definition has restrictions of use, subject to whatever licences may be > granted. > > Open Access - material that explicitly grants a licence to reuse (and > link) content - is not going to be, and can’t be, affected. > > The most likely outcome of this bill is make text and data mining of > copyrighted material easier for research purposes. > > > On 17 Nov 2015, at 23:12, Heather Morrison <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Open Access depends on linking - and is one of the best exemplars of why > links should not be blocked. Please sign. > > https://savethelink.org/yourvoice?src=158734 > > best, > > Heather Morrison > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > >
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