英国数据挖掘著作权例外条款研究及其启示

Research on UK Copyright Exceptions to Data Mining and Its Enlightenment

数据挖掘是大数据时代重要的科学研究方法。国际图书馆界十分关注数据挖掘相关法律问题的研究,呼吁通过立法而不是以许可方式保障用户的数据挖掘权。英国新修订的著作权法为数据挖掘提供了著作权例外,明确规定例外适用的主体、目的、形式要件及限制,涵盖数据挖掘的完整过程,符合"三步测试法"的要求。我国图书馆界应当加强数据挖掘著作权例外的研究,关注并积极应对出版商关于数据挖掘的政策动向,并推动国际和国内的相关立法。

Data mining is an important method of scientific research in the big data era. International library community concerned about the legal issues related to data mining, and called for legislation rather than license to guarantee the users＇ rights of data mining. Newly-revised copyright law of UK provides copyright exceptions to data mining, stipulating the subject, purpose, formal elements and restrictions, when the exception applies, which covers the complete process of data mining, and in line with the requirements of ＂three- step test＂. Chinese library community should strengthen relative research, respond to the publishers＇ policy trends about data mining actively, and promote the improvement of domestic and international legislation.