Copyright Act 2003, database and compilation protection
Copyright Act, 2003 (Act No. 5 of 2003, Commonwealth of Dominica), s. 6(1)(b), s. 63
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In force since 15 November 2003.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not reproduce the whole or a substantial part of a database that is original by reason of the selection or arrangement of its contents, in digital form, without the copyright owner's authorisation; the private-use, personal-purpose reproduction exception does not reach that reproduction.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Attribution
What this law does
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Section 6(1)(b) protects, as works, collections of works, collections of mere data (databases) whether in machine-readable or other form, and collections of expressions of folklore, provided such collections are original by reason of the selection or arrangement of their contents, creating no separate sui generis database right beyond ordinary copyright over an original compilation.
Section 63(1) permits the private reproduction of a published work in a single copy without the copyright owner's authorisation where the reproduction is made by a person exclusively for his own personal purposes.
Section 63(2)(c) withholds that permission from the reproduction of the whole or a substantial part of a database in digital form, alongside withholding it from architectural reproduction, whole-book or whole-recording reprography, and any reproduction that would conflict with a normal exploitation of the work or unreasonably prejudice the copyright owner's legitimate interests.
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Read the law
Copyright Act, 2003 (Act No. 5 of 2003), Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica Laws portal