Copyright Ordinance 1962, scope of copyright in a compilation
Copyright Ordinance 1962, s. 13(3) (compilation copyright)
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In force.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Extracting the underlying data or material from a Pakistani compilation, without reproducing the compiler's own selection or arrangement of it, does not by itself infringe the compilation's copyright under section 13(3) of the Copyright Ordinance 1962; no sui generis database right exists here.
What this law does
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Section 13(3) provides that entitlement to copyright in a compilation of data or other material does not extend to the data or other material itself, and is without prejudice to any copyright subsisting in that data or material separately; the compilation's copyright subsists only to the extent of the compilation.
Pakistan confers no sui generis database right of the kind the EU Database Directive creates: a scraper that takes the underlying data or material out of a Pakistani compilation, without reproducing the compiler's own selection or arrangement, does not infringe the compilation copyright on this provision's own terms.
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