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Copyright protection of software and database
Software and database protection
Copyright protection Creation – protected by IPR: copyright and
industrial rights Software and database are protected by
copyright Copyright protection issues:
without notification without an authority’s decision solely by the creation of the intellectual
product – the work
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Software and database protection
What is work? Work
Literary and artistic works: shall include every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression
Originality Such as
books dramatic or dramatico-musical works cinematographic works works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture photographic works maps plans etc.
Ideas and principles themselves are not protected - protection shall applies to the expression in any form
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Software and database protection
What is work? Types of works: not a closed list
software and database is protected as literary work by BC later it was expressed such as computer program (software), database
ORIGINAL WORK it is the author’s own intellectual creation
No qualtative – quantitative – aesthetic criteria
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Software and database protection
The author Who created the work
natural person or group of natural persons
Special: collective works employee creates work in the execution of his
duties
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Software and database protection
Term of copyright protection Directive 1993/98/EEC – harmonization of
term of protection P.m.a. + 70 years Author’s life + 70 years
Database – sui generis protection – see later
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Software and database protection
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The authors’ rights Copyright protection of the work means authors’
exclusive rights: moral rights economic rights
The author may never transfer his moral rights Assignment of economic rights:
varies by countries
Software and database protection
Exemptions Free use of the works
General Private copying Quoting Disabled persons Court, public administration and other authority
proceedings Etc.
Special software and database cases See later
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Software and database protection
Copyright protection of computer program
Directive 91/250/EEC Harmonizing different national regulations
What is computer program? No definition in the Directive
Preamble: the term 'computer program` shall include programs in any form, including those
which are incorporated into hardware; whereas this term also includes preparatory design work leading to the development of a computer program provided that the nature of the preparatory work is such that a computer program can result from it at a later stage
Source code, object code; documentation Ideas, methods not protected
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Software and database protection
Copyright protection of computer program
Protected as literary work Originality
Author’s own creation No quantitative, qualitative, aesthetic requirements
Author Joint authorship Employer as holder of economic rights
Term of protection p.m.a. 70 years
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Software and database protection
Copyright protection of computer program
Author /right holder – exclusive rights LICENSE Special exemptions:
the authorization of right holder is not required granted to the lawful acquirer
Art. 5 (1):copying, adaptation necessary for lawful use, including error corrections Art. 5(2):back-up copies Art. 5(3): reverse engineering Art. 6:decompilation – from object to source code
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Software and database protection
Copyright protection of database
Directive 97/7/EC
What is database? database shall mean a collection of independent works, data or
other materials arranged in a systematic or methodical way and individually accessible by electronic or other means
electronic or non-electronic databases for example: dictionary, phone book, online databases etc.
not software
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Software and database protection
Copyright protection of database Protection
Copyright – Article 3 selection or arrangement is the author’s own intellectual creation independent protection of works included in the database
Sui generis – Article 7 “Member States shall provide for a right for the maker of a database
which shows that there has been qualitatively and/or quantitatively a substantial investment in either the obtaining, verification or presentation of the contents to prevent extraction and/or re-utilization of the whole or of a substantial part, evaluated qualitatively and/or quantitatively, of the contents of that database.”
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Software and database protection
Copyright protection of database Term of protection
Copyright: p.m.a. 70 years Sui generis
15 years from the first of January following the year of completion
substantial change: shall qualify the database resulting from that investment for its own term of protection
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Software and database protection
Copyright protection of database Author /right holder – exclusive rights LICENSE Special exemptions:
the authorization of right holder is not required granted to the lawful acquirer
Copyright necessary for the purposes of access to the contents of the databases and
normal use of the contents Copyright and sui generis
option for member states to limit the exclusive rights of right holders reproduction for private purposes of a non-electronic database sole purpose of illustration for teaching or scientific research purposes of public security of for the purposes of an administrative or
judicial procedure
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Software and database protection
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