Ley sobre el Derecho de Autor, compilations and databases (Art. 3)
Ley sobre el Derecho de Autor, 14/08/1993, art. 3
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In force.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- A compilation or database is protected as a work only through the selection or arrangement of its contents, not the underlying data; reproducing the selection or arrangement without authorization can still infringe even where the individual data points are unprotected.
- Providing public access to a database of protected works over a telecommunication network requires the rightholder's authorization.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Licensing
What this law does
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Article 3 protects an anthology or compilation of diverse works, and a database, as a work distinct from an original work, where the selection or arrangement of its contents constitutes a personal creation, so protection attaches to the compiler's selection or arrangement rather than to the underlying data itself; the law confers no separate sui generis right over a database's contents.
Article 4 excludes the text of laws, decrees, official regulations, public treaties, judicial decisions, and other official acts from protection. Article 40(8) treats public access to a computer database by telecommunication as an act of public communication requiring the rightholder's authorization where the database incorporates or constitutes protected works.
Article 44(3) permits reproducing, for non-profit teaching or examinations at educational institutions, articles, brief extracts of works, or lawfully published short works, provided the use conforms to fair practice; the statute contains no text-and-data-mining exception or machine-readable opt-out mechanism.
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