Ley N° 1328/1998, art. 4, numeral 14, bases de datos como compilación
Ley N° 1328/1998, de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos, art. 4, numeral 14
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In force since 20 October 1998.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- Paraguay has no sui generis database right; a database is protected only as a compilation, and only where its selection, coordination or arrangement is original.
- Do not rely on the personal-copying exception to justify copying a database or a compilation of data; that exception does not reach either.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionNo
What it reaches
Obligation class
Licensing
What this law does
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Article 4, numeral 14 lists collections of works, such as encyclopedias and anthologies, and of other elements, such as a database, among the works copyright protects, but only where the collection is original by reason of the selection, coordination or arrangement of its contents; the enumeration is stated to be illustrative rather than exhaustive.
Paraguay confers no separate sui generis database right of the kind some other jurisdictions register: a database that is merely an unoriginal aggregation of data is not protected at all, and one that is original is protected as a compilation under ordinary copyright, not under a distinct right. Article 44's exception for personal copying does not extend to a database or compilation of data, so even a use that would otherwise be personal copying does not reach a protected database.
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Read the law
Official text of Ley N° 1328/1998
de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos, published by the Biblioteca y Archivo Central del Congreso Nacional (BACN)