Copyright and Designs Act 2004, database right
Copyright and Designs Act 2004 (Bermuda), 2004:5, Part V (database right)
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In force since 8 February 2008.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not extract or re-utilise all or a substantial part of the contents of a database that reflects substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting its contents, without the database right owner's authorisation, unless a statutory exception applies.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Licensing
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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A property right, database right, subsists in a database where there has been a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting its contents, regardless of whether the database or its contents is also a copyright work.
The right is infringed by extracting or re-utilising all or a substantial part of a database's contents without the owner's authority, subject to exceptions for parliamentary and judicial proceedings, material open to public inspection under a statutory requirement, and material communicated to the Crown in the course of public business. The Copyright Tribunal has jurisdiction over disputed licensing schemes and licences for database right, on the same terms as for copyright licensing.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Copyright and Designs Act 2004, Consolidated Laws of Bermuda