Abstract:

The ideas of textual or data mining (TDM) and subsequent analysis go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Originally carried out manually, textual and data analysis has long been a tool enabling new insights drawn from text corpora. However, for the potential benefits of TDM to be unlocked,
a number of non-technological barriers need to be overcome. These include legal uncertainty resulting from complicated copyright, database rights and licensing, the fact that some publishers are not currently embracing the opportunities TDM offers for the academic community, and a lack of awareness of TDM among many academics, alongside a gap of skills.

Key words: Text and data mining, Social, Political, Legal