Re: Abundant information, libre open access and information literacy

[richards1000@comcast.net]

Klaus Graf:

I did not claim that text mining was permitted under the fair use 
law of the U.S. or any other nation.  I expressly stated that "I 
am certain that many institutions and individuals have obtained 
the right to engage in data mining by the grant of licenses that 
did not convey the right to freely reuse the licensed content 
(one can verify this by examining the executed license 
agreements, or by observing such data mining that is governed by 
an implied license)."  You see, I specified "licenses," rather 
than fair use, respecting data mining.

Accordingly, I don't understand how your citation to Germany's 
copyright law is responsive to my assertion.  Are you saying that 
the German law prohibits the grant of a data mining license?  If 
not, would you kindly explain the relevance of your citation to 
the German law?

Robert C. Richards, Jr., J.D.*, M.S.L.I.S., M.A.
Law Librarian & Legal Information Consultant
Philadelphia, PA
richards1000@comcast.net
* Member New York bar, retired status.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Klaus Graf" <klausgraf@googlemail.com>
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 7:15:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: Abundant information, libre open access and information literacy

I cannot see any evidence that data mining is in all cases 
allowed according US fair use. There is strong evidence that it 
isn't allowed according other copyright laws e.g. of Germany:

http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/4851871/

Klaus Graf