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. A major issue on the Commission’s agenda is Business to Business (B2B) sharing of data. Stage I: to the Open data directive.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This is because training of GenAI models requires processing of large amounts of data that potentially contain copyrighted works, as well as materials displaying trademarks and data compilations which may be protected by sui generis database rights in the EU, or other information the use of which may be restricted by contract or terms of use.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Last year was another busy one in the copyright world, with ongoing European copyright reform, a number of landmark CJEU decisions and notable developments in a number of jurisdictions. A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

Following the consultation, the UK government has now decided to introduce a new copyright and database right exception which allows TDM for any purpose, i.e. including commercial uses. Licensing will no longer be an issue and rightholders will not be able to opt-out or contract out of the exception. The narrower EU exceptions.

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