Text mining: what do publishers have against this hi-tech research tool?

Researchers push for end to publishers' default ban on computer scanning of tens of thousands of papers to find links between genes and diseases...

It is a technique with big potential. A report published by McKinsey Global Institute last year said that "big data" technologies such as text and data mining had the potential to create €250bn (£200bn) of annual value to Europe's economy, if researchers were allowed to make full use of it.Unfortunately, in most cases, text mining is forbidden. Read More...

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http://www.scoop.it/t/knowledge-economy/p/1993524958/text-mining-what-do-publishers-have-against-this-hi-tech-research-tool/original Text mining: what do publishers have against this hi-tech research tool?