[Clarin-Be] Fwd:] Invitation to Sign – Statement Supporting Text and Data Mining Exceptions

[Vincent Vandeghinste]

Dear colleagues,

I received this following request, which may be of interest to you all, 
from Jan Hajic from Charles University, Prague.

kind regards,

Vincent

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Dear all,

this is somewhat urgent, so please have a look.

As I have already mentioned, the European parliament will soon vote on 
its own initiative (sometimes known as Voss' Initiative) that might 
severely limit our possibilities (essentially, make impossible) to use 
copyrighted data for LLM training, the TDM exceptions notwithstanding. 
However nonsensical this might sound to us, the danger is unfortunately 
very real: the rightsholders, mainly large publishing houses, music 
studios and AV producers around the world are lobbying very hard to 
eradicate the exception.

Apart from other initiatives which I am trying to join and talk to 
individual EP members etc., another initiative (see also below) emerged 
and asks for our support.

The statement is enclosed, and if you agree with it, here it the 
possibility to co-sign:

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=IPald3ed20egzWTHCUjVMtfmGB6tboxFjO4vLvJECtRUMElBVDFXR1NBTlhZUFVBQ1oySDhZRkhRRy4u

I am OK with you putting "OpenEuroLLM" in the field of the form that 
asks for "Project you are working on", along with any other projects you 
might want to add.

The petitioners also provided an email where you can ask questions: 
eare at apcoworldwide.com or alternatively, express your endorsement 
instead of filling the form referenced above.

Below, I am also copying the invitation from them verbatim, for you 
review.

This letter (including the copy of the original invitation below) can be 
shared widely - so please do so in your other 
projects/consortia/colleagues.

Thank you!

Best,

Jan

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Dear Jan Hajic,

I am reaching out on behalf of the European Alliance for Research 
Excellence (EARE [1])*, a coalition of companies and research 
organizations committed to fostering excellence in research and 
innovation in Europe. Our primary objective is to advocate for a policy 
and legal environment that ensures that all European researchers have 
access to data in line with open data principles, encouraging 
advancements in various societal and economic domains.

The European Parliament is currently negotiating its own-initiative 
report [2] on generative AI and copyright. During the discussions, some 
members of the European Parliament pushed for limits to text and data 
mining exceptions and questioned its applicability to AI training.

To highlight the critical role of TDM exceptions in enabling research, 
innovation, and scientific progress, EARE has prepared a joint statement 
[3], reaffirming TDM exceptions' importance for European researchers and 
innovators. We intend to publish this statement ahead of the upcoming 
JURI Committee vote currently expected to take place on 28 January.

We would be delighted if you would consider endorsing this statement 
alongside EARE's members. You can sign this statement by introducing 
your name, organization, and email on this form [4] by Wednesday 21 (End 
of the day). You can also email eare at apcoworldwide.com to confirm that 
you wish to be included.

Your support would help us promote an environment that fosters research, 
innovation, and open data.

Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to hearing 
from you.

Best regards,

Angel Alonso Ferrer
  Associate Consultant


Links:
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[1] https://eare.eu/
[2] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-PR-775433_EN.html
[3] 
https://eare.eu/app/uploads/2026/01/Joint-Statement-INI-report-on-genAI-and-copyright-Final.docx
[4] 
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=IPald3ed20egzWTHCUjVMtfmGB6tboxFjO4vLvJECtRUMElBVDFXR1NBTlhZUFVBQ1oySDhZRkhRRy4u
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