Football Dataco Ltd and Others v Yahoo! UK Ltd and Others – WLR Daily

Posted March 6th, 2012 in copyright, database right, EC law, law reports by sally

Football Dataco Ltd and Others v Yahoo! UK Ltd and Others (Case C-604/10); [2012] WLR (D) 57

“A ‘database’ within the meaning of article 1(2) of Directive 96/9/EC was protected by the copyright laid down by article 3(1) of the Directive provided that the selection or arrangement of the data which it contained amounted to an original expression of the creative freedom of its author, which was a matter for the national court to determine.”

WLR Daily, 1st March 2012

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