The web version proposed here is a simplified version of the data sheet. You can find the complete version, with more details and legal references, on the pdf linked at the bottom of the page.
Because of the double legal protection of databases, it is necessary to distinguish between the initial ownership of copyright on the one hand and sui generis rights on the other.
Initial copyright ownership of databases
The owner of the protection is the author(s) of the database structure.
Initial ownership of sui generis rights in databases
The protection is granted to the producer of the database. This person can be a natural person as well as a legal person. This person can be different from the author of the database, since this protection is independent and is exercised without prejudice to copyright.
This fact sheet is a joint publication by Vercken & Gaullier and inno³ on behalf of the Digital Society Lab (labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr). Intended to promote the emergence of a common legal doctrine regarding commons produced or supported by the administration, it is aimed at both the actors who are carriers of commons as well as the people in charge of supporting these approaches. It is intended to be updated according to legislative and jurisprudential developments and to be completed according to contributions and remarks. It does not constitute legal advice and does not in any way replace the opinions that must be sought from the competent persons within each department. Finally, do not hesitate to consult the website http://labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr in order to read the latest versions of these documents, to consult any other resource for public actors wishing to mobilize the potential of the digital commons in their strategy or to contribute to this dynamic.
Legal doctrine applied to digital commons developed under the impetus or with the participation of a public entity
Technical Sheet 2.2 - Identifying database rights holders (except in the case of contractual transfer)
The web version proposed here is a simplified version of the data sheet. You can find the complete version, with more details and legal references, on the pdf linked at the bottom of the page.
Because of the double legal protection of databases, it is necessary to distinguish between the initial ownership of copyright on the one hand and sui generis rights on the other.
Initial copyright ownership of databases
The owner of the protection is the author(s) of the database structure.
Initial ownership of sui generis rights in databases
The protection is granted to the producer of the database. This person can be a natural person as well as a legal person. This person can be different from the author of the database, since this protection is independent and is exercised without prejudice to copyright.
This fact sheet is a joint publication by Vercken & Gaullier and inno³ on behalf of the Digital Society Lab (labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr). Intended to promote the emergence of a common legal doctrine regarding commons produced or supported by the administration, it is aimed at both the actors who are carriers of commons as well as the people in charge of supporting these approaches. It is intended to be updated according to legislative and jurisprudential developments and to be completed according to contributions and remarks. It does not constitute legal advice and does not in any way replace the opinions that must be sought from the competent persons within each department. Finally, do not hesitate to consult the website http://labo.societenumerique.gouv.fr in order to read the latest versions of these documents, to consult any other resource for public actors wishing to mobilize the potential of the digital commons in their strategy or to contribute to this dynamic.