Auteurswet, artt. 15n and 15o, Text and Data Mining Exceptions
Auteurswet, artt. 15n, 15o (BWBR0001886)
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In force since 7 June 2021.
A copyright and text and data mining (TDM) rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- A research organization or cultural heritage institution may reproduce a work it lawfully accesses for text-and-data-mining scientific research without the rightsholder's consent, storing the reproduction with an appropriate level of protection.
- Any other miner with lawful access may do the same only where the rightsholder has not expressly reserved the right in an appropriate way, including by machine-readable means on a work made available online; check for such a reservation before mining.
- Keep a reproduction made under either exception only as long as needed for the text-and-data-mining purpose.
What this law does
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Article 15n exempts a reproduction that a research organization or cultural heritage institution makes for text-and-data-mining scientific research on a work to which it has lawful access, provided the reproduction is stored with an appropriate level of protection; a rightsholder may take proportionate security measures, and the exception cannot be contracted around.
Article 15o extends the exception to any miner with lawful access, but only where the rightsholder has not expressly reserved the right in an appropriate way, such as machine-readable means on a work made available online; a reproduction made under either article may be kept only as long as needed for the mining.
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