Ophavsretsloven Section 71, Sui Generis Database Right
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In force.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not reproduce or make available to the public the whole, or a substantial part, of a catalogue, table, database or similar compilation resulting from a substantial investment, without the maker's authorization, for 15 years from the year it was made or first made available.
- Expect a fine, or imprisonment of up to 1 year and 6 months for a commercial-scale or systematic infringement, on conviction.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Section 76(1)(2): a fine for an intentional or grossly negligent infringement of section 71. Section 76(2): the maximum rises to imprisonment of up to 1 year and 6 months where the infringement is committed intentionally and under aggravating circumstances, in particular a commercial-scale infringement, reproduction or distribution of a significant number of copies, or making the work available at a place and time individually chosen by members of the public, unless a higher penalty is warranted under Straffeloven section 299b.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Licensing
What this law does
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Whoever produces a catalogue, table, database or similar compilation in which a large number of items of information are assembled, or which results from a substantial investment, has the exclusive right to control the whole work or a substantial part of it, by reproducing it or by making it available to the public.
The right also reaches a repeated and systematic reproduction or making available of insubstantial parts of the compilation's content where that conflicts with normal exploitation of the compilation or unreasonably harms the maker's legitimate interests.
The protection lasts 15 years from the end of the year the work was made, extended to 15 years from the end of the year it was first made available to the public if that made-available date falls within the original term, and a contract term that extends the maker's right beyond that to a published work is void.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Ophavsretsloven, official consolidated text, Retsinformation.dk