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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

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. So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.

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Government Database Right Intellectual Property Copyright

The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

The outcome of the consultation is supposed to inform the government with respect to a potential legislative reform of the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA). Users reported mixed experiences with licensing. Conversely, users were very much in favour of an exception as it would remove the need for licensing.

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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

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