Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 17, 2021
In a nutshell, a specialist search engine engaging in re-use of substantial parts of the database of a job adverts website was accused of violating sui generis database right. The CJEU says that Melons does give “users access, on its own website, to job advertisements contained in [CV-Online Latvia’s] database […].”
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
The ICO outcomes report therefore acts as a timely reminder that copyright is not the only area of law that needs to be considered in relation to the legality of website scraping for AI development, and that a government reform approach that looks to introduce only a copyright and database rights exception may not achieve its intended benefits of supporting (..)
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 16, 2025
Photo by Matt Popovich on Unsplash Introduction The 2019 Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive is a complex legislative text that raises several questions of legal interpretation. The Publishers argue that this infringes their exclusive rights to reproduction and to making available their work to the public.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 21, 2021
Article 17 Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (“DSM Directive”) is currently being implemented into national law in the EU Member States. 17 DSM Directive is the only option that achieves the Directive’s stated objective, the creation of a digital single market.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 18, 2021
For public sector bodies — producers and holders of vast quantities of data — as well as for the companies that act as suppliers, the sui generis database right has been slowly eroded since 2003. What ideas the Commission has with respect to the Database directive is difficult to gauge from the consultation.
The IPKat
JULY 30, 2023
For instance, he reviews the UK system of protection for computer-generated works and the EU sui generis database right. Drawing a parallel with the lack of real impact of the database right, Fernández suggests policymakers should avoid creating a special right for AI-generated works.
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
According to the CJEU, the key to fairly balancing these interest lies in ensuring that the makers of databases can redeem their investment. Content aggregators should be free to create and market new products and services based on the information in publicly available databases, as long as the database maker can still redeem the investment.
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