Creative Commons Licenses: What to Do with the Database Right?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Keywords
Open Content, Creative Commons, Copyright Regimes, European Sui Generis Database Right, European Union
Abstract
Contrary to other types of open content licenses, Creative Commons licenses are intended to be translated and adapted to the laws of a maximum of jurisdictions in the world. Local or regional peculiarities of the copyright regime can sometimes require an adaptation to the licenses that would disrupt their worldwide similarity. This article focuses on one of these peculiarities: the European sui generis database right. It describes how the database right was excluded from the scope of the Creative Commons licenses and discusses the possible consequences of such an exclusion for the Creative Commons movement and for the users of the licenses in Europe.
Recommended Citation
Lucie Guibault, "Creative Commons Licenses: What to Do with the Database Right?" (2011) 21:6 Computers & L Magazine 7.
Comments
Adapted from Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2012-26 and Institute for Information Law Research Paper No. 2012-21.
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