Sometimes publishers may agree to amend the contract in certain ways if you ask them.
Making copies for text and data mining is now permitted by copyright legislation, subject to certain conditions:
If you wish to text or data mine from a subscription resource made available by Library Services, please contact the e-access team e-access@city.ac.uk and your Subject Librarian in the first instance, as it is important that we are aware of this type of usage of our resources.
Generally we have found that publishers are supportive of text and data mining of their resources, especially if they are notified in advance.