Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000

Fair dealing: research or private study.

329

329.—(1) The database right in a non-electronic database which has been re-utilised is not infringed by fair dealing with a substantial part of its contents by a lawful user of the database where that part is extracted for the purposes of F163[education, research] or private study.

(2) For the purposes of this Part “fair dealing” means the extraction of the contents of a database by a lawful user to an extent which will not unreasonably prejudice the interests of the rightsowner.

Annotations

Amendments:

F163

Substituted (2.12.2019) by Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 45 and sch. 1 ref. no. 21, S.I. No. 586 of 2019.