[OSM-talk] Illegal activity

[Liz]

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> Just a pedantic remark:
>
> Databases are not copyrightable, 'cause copyright law doesn't apply to
> databases. *Sui generis database law* applies to databases (such law is
> based on the EU DB directive).
In Australia, the conclusion of one case (Ice Tv vs Channel 9) in the High 
Court did allow that a database could be copyright, although this was not 
contested in the Court. Channel 9's database was not afforded copyright 
because the Court based its interpretation of "substantial" on "originality"



Title: IceTV Pty Limited v Nine Network Australia Pty Limited [2009] HCA 14 
(22 April 2009)
 URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/2009/14.html