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A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

But for anyone who had expected the Data Act to include a revision of the Database Directive — an ambition that the Commission had signalled in both the 2020 Data Strategy and the 2020 Intellectual Property Action Plan — the final proposal will be a major disappointment. A right that shall not be exercised.

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New Vatican AI Guidelines for the development and use of AI models: from AI training to Vatican’s authorship and ownership of AI-generated outputs (at least within the Vatican City State)

The IPKat

The Vatican Act does not however detail restricted acts under copyright and other rights, including related and other rights (e.g., the sui generis database right). Did you know that, for example, if you take a photograph of the Sistine Chapel or Michelangelos Piet , you may not own the rights to your picture?

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