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Intellectual Property and Related Rights Law, Article 25 (Text and Data Mining Exception)

L. 155(I)/2022, art. 15, inserting article 25 into the Intellectual Property Rights and Related Rights Law (L. 59/1976, as amended)

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In force.

A copyright and text and data mining (TDM) rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What it requires

  • Reproduction and extraction of lawfully accessible works and other material for text-and-data mining is permitted, unless the rightholder has expressly reserved that use in an appropriate manner, such as machine-readable means, for content made available to the public online.
  • Do not train on or mine a work whose rightholder has reserved the use through a machine-readable or other appropriate means.

What this law does

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Law 155(I)/2022, which its preamble states harmonises Cyprus law with EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright in the Digital Single Market, inserted new articles 24 and 25 into Cyprus's Intellectual Property Rights and Related Rights Law. Article 24 exempts reproduction and extraction by research organisations and cultural heritage institutions for scientific text-and-data mining.

Article 25 gives a general exception for reproduction and extraction of lawfully accessible works for text-and-data mining. That exception applies only where the rightholder has not expressly reserved the use in an appropriate manner, such as machine-readable means, for content made available online.

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Read the law

official text of Law 155(I)/2022, cylaw.org (Cyprus Bar Association consolidated law database)

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