Loi n°1/87, protection des recueils et compilations
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In force since 29 July 1987.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 4 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not reproduce a collection or database whose choice or arrangement of contents is an original intellectual creation without the rightsholder's authorization; Gabon has no sui generis database right, so an unoriginal, purely factual collection is not itself protected.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Infringement of a protected work is punished under the Penal Code's provisions on literary and artistic property, referred to rather than stated in this law itself, so no specific fine amount is established here.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Agence Nationale de Promotion Artistique et Culturelle (ANPAC); ordinary civil and criminal courts
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction, Attribution
What this law does
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Loi n°1/87 protects a collection of literary or artistic works, such as an encyclopedia or anthology, as an original work only where the choice or arrangement of its contents constitutes an intellectual creation; the text does not name a database specifically, so an unoriginal, purely factual database or compilation of data is not itself protected against reproduction and Gabon has no separate sui generis database right.
Reproducing a protected work without authorization is illicit and is punished under the Penal Code's provisions on literary and artistic property, with no specific fine amount stated in this law itself.
When LexLint raises it
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