Text and Data Mining (TDM): Copyright in Europe about to change to allow it?

The possibility of performing TDM in scientific research could drive a Copyright change in Europe to avoid having to ask authors for permission:
http://www.nature.com/news/europe-proposes-copyright-reform-to-help-scientists-mine-research-papers-1.20606


Quoting:
"Software can rapidly analyse millions of online articles and data sets at speeds humans can’t match, an activity known as text and data mining (TDM). Scientists hope that this could reveal patterns in scientific knowledge and generate new hypotheses."