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Workshops - Workshop on text and data mining - 22-02-2018 - Committee on Legal Affairs 14-02-2018 03:49 PM CET The Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament will organise a workshop on "Text and data mining"(TDM). The workshop will aim at examining the TDM process and the legal aspects linked to copyright in the context of the Commission's proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market which introduces a mandatory exception to copyright when carrying out text and data mining of protected works. To this aim, the Members of the Committee will hear Dr Eleonora Rosati (Southampton University) explain the procedure of TDM and the state of the art to a non-IT affiliated audience, including the different steps in the process of TDM, the technical requirements and the tools necessary for the different stages of the TDM process. A second speaker, Professor Christophe Geiger (Strasbourg University), will then focus on the legal aspects of TDM and explain at which stage or degree of the process intellectual property rights can be affected. The presentations will be followed by a "questions & answers" session with the Members of the JURI Committee. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Hearings - Hearing on "Collective redress in the EU: the state of play and next steps" - 21-02-2018 - Committee on Legal Affairs 14-02-2018 03:46 PM CET The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) will hold a public hearing on 'Collective redress in the EU: the state of play and next steps' in Brussels, on 21 February 2018, from 11-12:30. The hearing assembles Members of the European Parliament, Commission representatives, stakeholders and an academic with a view to discussing the recently published Commission report on the implementation of the 2013 Recommendation on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States as well as any follow-up actions to the report. The Recommendation established principles which should be applicable in relation to violations of rights granted under Union law across all policy fields and in relation to both injunctive and compensatory relief. It follows from the Recommendation that all Member States should have collective redress systems at national level. According to paragraph 41 of the EU 2013 Collective Redress recommendation, "the Commission should assess the implementation of the Recommendation on the basis of practical experience by 26 July 2017 at the latest. In this context, the Commission should in particular evaluate its impact on access to justice, on the right to obtain compensation, on the need to prevent abusive litigation and on the functioning of the single market, on SMEs, the competitiveness of the economy of the European Union and consumer trust. Location : Brussels Further information Programme Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us | This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111