Remote Sensing Data: Some Critical Comments on the Current State of Regulation and Reflection on Reform
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Proceedings of the 49th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space . Hrsg. / Corinne M. Constant Jorgenson. 1. Aufl. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA), 2007. S. 253-264.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Remote Sensing Data
T2 - IISL Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space - 2006
AU - Smith, Lesley Jane
AU - Doldirina, Catherine
N1 - Conference code: 49
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The authors provided an overview of several aspects of the legal protection of satellite remote sensing images. After referring to some national legislations and space policies for remote sensing distribution of spatial systems (US, Russian Fed., Canada, EU, India), the authors addressed the different legal protection formulas used in distribution agreements (copyright, EU Database Protection, classified information, etc.). Dr. Smith and Ms. Doldyrina questioned the applicability of the copyright formula to automatically generated data. In respect to EU Database Protection, the authors referred to several decisions of the European Court of Justice, which held that “...a right cannot be derived from the mere creation of a database”. The authors found highly questionable that under those Court decisions such protection applies to remote sensing operators, who only invest in creating a database. They proposed to create precise and clear definitions of remote sensing products, to identify proper legal protection for each of those products and to internationally harmonize the different licensing approaches. For this task, they suggested UNIDROIT as the forum to draft a model law.
AB - The authors provided an overview of several aspects of the legal protection of satellite remote sensing images. After referring to some national legislations and space policies for remote sensing distribution of spatial systems (US, Russian Fed., Canada, EU, India), the authors addressed the different legal protection formulas used in distribution agreements (copyright, EU Database Protection, classified information, etc.). Dr. Smith and Ms. Doldyrina questioned the applicability of the copyright formula to automatically generated data. In respect to EU Database Protection, the authors referred to several decisions of the European Court of Justice, which held that “...a right cannot be derived from the mere creation of a database”. The authors found highly questionable that under those Court decisions such protection applies to remote sensing operators, who only invest in creating a database. They proposed to create precise and clear definitions of remote sensing products, to identify proper legal protection for each of those products and to internationally harmonize the different licensing approaches. For this task, they suggested UNIDROIT as the forum to draft a model law.
KW - Commercial law
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-1-56347-877-2
SP - 253
EP - 264
BT - Proceedings of the 49th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space
A2 - Constant Jorgenson, Corinne M.
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)
Y2 - 2 October 2006 through 6 October 2006
ER -