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 →