CHAPTER IICOPYRIGHT

Article 5Restricted acts

In respect of the expression of the database which is protectable by copyright, the author of a database shall have the exclusive right to carry out or to authorize:

  1. (a)

    temporary or permanent reproduction by any means and in any form, in whole or in part;

  2. (b)

    translation, adaptation, arrangement and any other alteration;

  3. (c)

    any form of distribution to the public of the database or of copies thereof. The first sale in the Community of a copy of the database by the rightholder or with his consent shall exhaust the right to control resale of that copy within the Community;

  4. (d)

    any communication, display or performance to the public;

  5. (e)

    any reproduction, distribution, communication, display or performance to the public of the results of the acts referred to in (b).