Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal

Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal

The controversial provisions in the European Union's Database Directive have created considerable uncertainty for commercial producers of databases, while recent case law has emasculated much of the Directive. However, researchers and academics must still work in a restrictive copyright environ...

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Main Author: Robert Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2007-06-01
Series:Data Science Journal
Subjects:
Copyright
Database protection
Europe
Research
Innovation
Unfair competition
Online Access:http://datascience.codata.org/articles/370
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spelling doaj-edbf55064fd4490491daf7ae33b1a6712020-11-24T22:45:57ZengUbiquity PressData Science Journal1683-14702007-06-01610.2481/dsj.6.OD12372Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest ProposalRobert Clark0School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, also, of Counsel, Arthur Cox, Dublin and London.The controversial provisions in the European Union's Database Directive have created considerable uncertainty for commercial producers of databases, while recent case law has emasculated much of the Directive. However, researchers and academics must still work in a restrictive copyright environment within Europe. This paper reviews the Directive in the light of two recent UK reports that suggest a more liberal copyright regime is both culturally and economically desirable. The author suggests that unfair competition problems should be addressed by new unfair competition laws for Ireland and the UK and not through revision of the Directive.http://datascience.codata.org/articles/370CopyrightDatabase protectionEuropeResearchInnovationUnfair competition
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Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal
Data Science Journal
Copyright
Database protection
Europe
Research
Innovation
Unfair competition
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title Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal
title_short Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal
title_full Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal
title_fullStr Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal
title_full_unstemmed Database Protection in Europe — Recent Developments and Modest Proposal
title_sort database protection in europe — recent developments and modest proposal
publisher Ubiquity Press
series Data Science Journal
issn 1683-1470
publishDate 2007-06-01
description The controversial provisions in the European Union's Database Directive have created considerable uncertainty for commercial producers of databases, while recent case law has emasculated much of the Directive. However, researchers and academics must still work in a restrictive copyright environment within Europe. This paper reviews the Directive in the light of two recent UK reports that suggest a more liberal copyright regime is both culturally and economically desirable. The author suggests that unfair competition problems should be addressed by new unfair competition laws for Ireland and the UK and not through revision of the Directive.
topic Copyright
Database protection
Europe
Research
Innovation
Unfair competition
url http://datascience.codata.org/articles/370
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