Law on Copyright and Related Rights, Rights of the Database Maker
Law on Copyright and Related Rights, OG No. 115/2010, arts. 118-120
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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 extract or re-utilize the whole or a substantial part, evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, of the contents of a database without the database maker's permission.
- Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts of a database's contents in a manner contrary to its normal exploitation, or in a way that unreasonably prejudices the database maker's legitimate interests.
- A lawful user of a database may access and make normal use of its contents without needing separate permission or paying remuneration for that access.
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What this law does
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Article 118 defines a database maker as a legal or natural person who has undertaken the initiative and responsibility for investing in the creation of a database, where that person shows a qualitatively and/or quantitatively substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting its content. Article 119 gives the database maker the exclusive right to permit or prohibit extraction and/or re-utilization of the whole or a substantial part of the database.
Article 120 extends protection to insubstantial parts of a database's content where they are extracted or re-utilized repeatedly and systematically in a manner contrary to normal exploitation or that unreasonably prejudices the maker's legitimate interests, and excludes a computer program used to make or operate a database accessible by electronic means.
Article 52(2) exempts a lawful user's extraction or re-utilization of a database's contents from remuneration where necessary for access to and normal use of those contents. The date this chapter entered into force is not confirmed in the consolidated text.
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Consolidated text of the Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Закон за авторското право и сродните права)
WIPO Lex record for North Macedonia