Law on Copyright and Related Rights, Rights of Database Producers
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In force since 11 August 2010.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not reproduce, distribute, make available to the public, or otherwise communicate the whole or a substantial part of a database whose making required a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial investment, without the producer's authorization.
- Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or reuse insubstantial parts of such a database if doing so conflicts with the database's normal use or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests, even though a single insubstantial extraction is free.
- Treat the right as running for 15 years from the database's completion or first lawful publication, and expect a substantial new investment in its content to restart that term.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Criminal exposure note
Unauthorized exploitation of a database producer's right is a misdemeanor (prekrsaj) under art. 170(1)(f), not a criminal offense (krivicno djelo).
Penalty structure
Article 170(1)(f) sets the same misdemeanor fine tier as other copyright and related-rights violations under this Law: BAM 1,000 to BAM 200,000 for a legal entity and BAM 1,000 to BAM 20,000 for an entrepreneur who reproduces, distributes, rents, makes available, or otherwise exploits a database without the required transfer of the producer's right. Article 170(2) fines the responsible natural person within that entity BAM 3,000 to BAM 20,000, and art. 170(3) fines a natural person acting alone BAM 3,000 to BAM 10,000.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Minimum
- 1,000
- Currency
- BAM
- Fixed cap
- 200,000
What it reaches
Obligation class
Licensing
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Article 141 confers a sui generis right on the producer of a database, defined as a person who takes the initiative and assumes the risk of investing in the database's making, where obtaining, verifying, or presenting its content required a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial investment of human, technical, or financial resources; this protection is independent of any copyright in the database as a compilation.
Article 142 extends that protection to the whole content, to any qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of it, and to the repeated and systematic extraction or use of insubstantial parts where that conflicts with the database's normal use or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests. Article 143 gives the producer the exclusive right of reproduction, distribution, rental, making available, and other communication of the database to the public.
Article 144 lets an authorized user freely use qualitatively or quantitatively insubstantial parts of a published database's content for any purpose, subject to not conflicting with its normal use or unreasonably prejudicing the producer, and voids a contrary contract term.
Article 146 sets the right's term at 15 years from completion of the database or, if lawfully published within that period, from first publication, restarting on any qualitatively or quantitatively substantial new investment in the database's content.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Law on Copyright and Related Rights
Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina No. 63/10 (adopted 13 July 2010, published 3 August 2010), WIPO Lex record and full text