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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10565

2 March 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 37
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) cjeu
Databases - criteria for copyright protection

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...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
SECTORAL POLICY
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU