Belgium – Market research services – Study to assess the feasibility of a central registry of Text and Data Mining opt-out expressed by rightsholders

The main purpose of this study is to assess both the opportunity and feasibility of developing a work-based registry of content identifiers and associated metadata that would support – whether centrally or within a federated network– the effective expression of Text and Data Mining (TDM) opt-outs for copyright-protected works and other subject matter and facilitate their identification by AI developers. The study should explore how a registry could support the expression of the TDM opt-out on individual copyright protected works, on the basis of work-based identifiers and associated metadata supporting right reservation, as well as rights licensing when relevant.