US/EU News Monitoring Legal Analysis

For a client we are building a subscription-based news monitoring platform for business and professional users. The system will automatically gather full-text articles from publicly available news websites, store and archive them, then feed the texts into the system that produces concise summaries. Subscribers will only receive those summaries together with source links; no full articles, excerpts, or images are displayed to them.

Before writing a single line of production code, I need a clear, written legal opinion that covers both United States law and the laws of every EU member state (including EU-wide directives and regulations). The analysis must focus on:

• Collecting, storing, and archiving full-text news content, with particular attention to the text-and-data-mining exceptions in the EU (Articles 3 & 4 DSM Directive), the mechanics and legal effect of rights-holder opt-outs, and relevant U.S. doctrines such as copyright, database protection, and fair use.
• Any additional obligations around copyright notices, licensing, press-publisher rights, or database rights that arise from the workflow described.
• Risk levels, enforcement trends, and practical mitigation steps in both jurisdictions, clearly noting where national implementations within the EU diverge.

Please structure the deliverable as a memorandum (or comparable format) that:

1. States the governing statutes, case law, and regulatory guidance for each jurisdiction.
2. Explains how they apply to the two key workflows above.
3. Recommends concrete compliance actions and fallback strategies.
4. Flags any open questions that may require direct licensing or policy adjustments.

More information to be provided in DM.