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Abstract
This empirical paper discusses how copyright affects data mining (DM) by academic researchers. Based on bibliometric data, we show that where DM for academic research requires the express consent of rights holders: (1) DM makes up a significantly lower share of total research output; and (2) stronger rule-of-law is associated with less DM research. To our knowledge, this is the first time that an empirical study bears out a significant negative association between copyright protection and innovation.
academic research, Auteursrecht, Copyright, data mining, innovation, Intellectuele eigendom
Bibtex
Article{nokey,
title = {Is Europe Falling Behind in Data Mining? Copyright’s Impact on Data Mining in Academic Research},
author = {Guibault, L. and Handke, C.W. and Vallbé, J.},
url = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2608513},
year = {0702},
date = {2015-07-02},
abstract = {This empirical paper discusses how copyright affects data mining (DM) by academic researchers. Based on bibliometric data, we show that where DM for academic research requires the express consent of rights holders: (1) DM makes up a significantly lower share of total research output; and (2) stronger rule-of-law is associated with less DM research. To our knowledge, this is the first time that an empirical study bears out a significant negative association between copyright protection and innovation.},
keywords = {academic research, Auteursrecht, Copyright, data mining, innovation, Intellectuele eigendom},
}