This document discusses four topics related to legal issues in research data collection and sharing: 1) intellectual property rights like copyright, database rights, trade secrets, and licensing; 2) personal data protection and the EU's data protection directive; 3) service provider liability and terms of service agreements; and 4) new statutory limitations for text data mining under copyright law. The course materials address common questions within each topic so that researchers, data managers, and the general public can better understand the legal issues surrounding research data.

1. Exponentialgrowth
Legal Issues in Research Data Collection and
Sharing
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• What this course is about?
• Who is it for?

2. What this course is about?
1. Intellectual Property Rights
The development of skills and competence to manage IPR and
leverage its influence requires increasing focus. However, how much
detail do you know? Take copyright for example, What exactly is
protected?, What rights are reserved and for how long? This
presentation addresses such questions on copyright and other topics
such as Database Right, Trade Secret and Licensing
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2. Personal Data
Protection of personal data is a major concern of many. The EU Data
Protection Directive (95/46/EC) identifies it as any information relating
to an identified or identifiable natural person. However, what exactly
do we mean by processing of personal data? When is it lawful? Are
there any special categories of personal data? What is consent? What
are the obligations of the data controller? Download this presentation
and find out.

3. What this course is about?
3. Service Provider Liability and Terms of Service
Are hosting providers liable for the data that they store? And what
about if they do not have actual knowledge of illegal activity? Are you
sure that contractual liability limitations (eg. in Terms of Service)
provide you with the right protection? This module addresses such
questions. Download the presentation and find out.
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4. New statutory limitation for Text Data Mining - a Pyrrhic
victory?
Where does the text data mining sit in the copyright limitations
system? What is the rationale behind copyright limitations? What are
the limitations in international and EU law? This module addresses
such questions. Download the presentation and find out.

4. Who is it for?
• Researchers
• Data Managers
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• General Public