Aleksei Kelli
University of Tartu, Estonia
Arvi Tavast
Institute of the Estonian Language, Estonia
Krister Lindén
University of Helsinki, Finland
Kadri Vider
University of Tartu, Estonia
Ramunas Birštonas
Vilnius University, Lithuania
Penny Labropoulou
ILSP/ARC, Greece
Irene Kull
University of Tartu, Estonia
Gaabriel Tavits
University of Tartu, Estonia
Age Värv
University of Tartu, Estonia
Pavel Stranák
Charles University, Czechia
Jan Hajic
Charles University, Czechia
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https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp2020172008Published in: Selected Papers from the CLARIN Annual Conference 2019
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 172:8, p. 53-65
Published: 2020-07-03
ISBN: 978-91-7929-807-4
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
The authors address the legal issues relating to the creation and use of language models. The article
begins with an explanation of the development of language technologies. The authors analyse
the technological process within the framework copyright, related rights and personal data
protection law. The authors also cover commercial use of language models. The authors’ main
argument is that legal restrictions applicable to language data containing copyrighted material
and personal data usually do not apply to language models. Language models are generally not
considered derivative works. Due to a wide range of language models, this position is not absolute.
copyright, database right, personal data protection, language models, derivative work, language technology
