The Publishers Content Forum raise concerns over new copyright exception for text and data mining

The Publishers Association has joined other trade bodies and collective management organisations focused on publishing to raise concerns to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) about the government’s decision to introduce a new copyright exception that allows any entity anywhere to mine copyrighted text and data for free, for any commercial use.

The letter, sent to Kwasi Kwarteng the Secretary of State, is signed by Publishers’ Licensing Services, the Publishers Association, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, Independent Publishers Guild, News Media Association, NLA Media Access, Press Database and Licensing Network, and the Professional Publishers Association.