Protecting University Repositories from Aggressive Web Scraping – Using Database Rights to Retain Control Over Academic Content TAGS: AI training | copyright | database right | generative AI | institutional repository | open access | web scraping Universities have long served as custodians of knowledge, investing heavily in infrastructure that ensures research outputs are preserved, discoverable, and freely available to all. Institutional repositories, designed to host open …Continue reading →

Post-mortem: Why the UK Government Copyright & AI Consultation Left No One Satisfied TAGS: AI training | artificial intelligence | copyright | copyright exception | data mining | TDM | text and data mining | UK Government consultation The UK Government Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Consultation ended on Tuesday, 25th February 2025. The consultation was initiated due to ongoing disputes regarding the application of UK copyright law to …Continue reading →

Copyright Insights and Collaborative Exploration: A Visit to Leiden University and KU Leuven Libraries TAGS: copyright | KU Leuven library | Leiden University library | secondary publishing right | Taverne amendment Last month, I had the incredible opportunity to go on an Erasmus+ visit to Leiden University Library and KU Leuven University Library to meet with colleagues and discuss about copyright, …Continue reading →

What the NFT?! TAGS: academic libraries | blockchain | innovation | NFT | students The purpose of this blog post is not to endorse or criticise NFTs but to explain what they are and – briefly – discuss if they are relevant to libraries. …Continue reading →

Open Access Week: Meet the (Scholarly Communications) Team TAGS: open access | Open Access Week | Scholarly Communications Team Theo Andrew was one of the first supporters of Open Access at the University of Edinburgh. He started working with the University Library in 2003 on a couple of JISC …Continue reading →

Three Decades @ the Crossroads of IP, ICT and Law conference At the beginning of the month, the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), part of the Faculty of Law of the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium, celebrated …Continue reading →