As part of the copyright package proposed by the Commission on 14 September 2016, the proposal for a directive on copyright in the digital single market aims to adapt the EU legislative framework on copyright to digital environment. It introduces, among other elements, new mandatory exceptions or limitations to copyright in three specific cases: 1) for the use of text and data mining technologies in the field of scientific research; 2) for the use of works for illustration for teaching purposes, and 3) in order to allow cultural heritage institutions to perform acts of preservation of their collections.
This is the purpose of the discussion at this hearing with a number of experts and stakeholders: representatives of research libraries, publishers, and civil society organisations, including the academic perspective.
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