Copyright and Text and Data Mining: Is the Current Legislation Sufficient and Adequate? Fernández Molina, Juan Carlos Esteban De La Rosa, Fernando Text and Data Mining Copyright Libraries Text and data mining activities—that is, the automated processing of digital materials to uncover new knowledge—have become more frequent in all areas of scientific research. Because they require a massive use of copyrighted work, there are evident conflicts with copyright legislation. Countries at the forefront of research and development have begun to address this issue. This paper presents the basic aspects of legislation applicable to text and data mining activities. It offers a detailed comparative analysis of the norms of the main jurisdictions that have regulated them to date, highlighting in each case the positive and negative aspects. An adequate knowledge of these laws is not only important for researchers but also important for the academic librarians who provide advice and support in these matters. 2024-06-11T12:40:04Z 2024-06-11T12:40:04Z 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Published version: Fernández-Molina, J.C. & Esteban de la Rosa, F.(2024). Copyright and Text and Data Mining: Is the Current Legislation Sufficient and Adequate? Portal. Libraries and the Academy, 24(3), 653-672. ISSN: 1531-2542. ISSN Online: 1530-7131 1531-2542 1530-7131 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/92504 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Johns Hopkins University Press