Upphovsrättslagen 15 a-15 c §§, Text and Data Mining Exception
Upphovsrättslag (1960:729) 15 a-15 c §§, as added by Lag (2022:1712)
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In force since 1 January 2023.
A copyright and text and data mining (TDM) rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Honor an author's appropriate, including machine-readable, reservation of the text-and-data-mining right before relying on the general exception in Upphovsrättslagen 15 a § to reproduce a work.
- Do not retain a copy made under the text-and-data-mining exception longer than necessary for the mining purpose, and do not use it for another purpose.
- A research organization, public library or museum, archive, or film or sound heritage institution mining for research is not subject to the rightsholder opt-out, per 15 b §, but may not rely on it for a computer program.
What this law does
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A person with lawful access to a work may make copies of it for text and data mining purposes under section 15 a, provided the copies are not kept longer than necessary and are not used for other purposes. This general exception does not apply where the author has, in an appropriate manner, reserved that right, which is the opt-out.
A separate exception in section 15 b lets research organizations, libraries and museums accessible to the public, archives, and film or sound heritage institutions make copies of works they lawfully access, except computer programs, to carry out text and data mining for research purposes, without the section 15 a opt-out.
Section 15 c defines text and data mining as an automated technique used to analyze text and data in digital form for the purpose of generating information, and defines a qualifying research organization. A contractual term restricting the right to use a work under these sections is void, and an author may still take proportionate measures to secure the integrity and security of networks and databases containing the work.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
riksdagen.se, consolidated text of Upphovsrättslag (1960:729)