Brussels, 01/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - A database, the compilation of which is dictated by rules or constraints which leave no room for creative freedom on the part of its compiler in terms of selection and arrangement of the data, cannot be protected by copyright even though they require considerable knowledge and work on the part of their author.
That is the substance of the ruling handed down by the Court of Justice of the EU in Case C-604/10 on Thursday 1 March, responding to questions...