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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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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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

to make public sector data accessible to industry and other external groups, including the legislative arrangements relating to open public data and aspects such as licensing-type agreements, so as to maximise public and economic value.” and] will explore how this could be expanded.

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