Protection of data sets that form big data - an analysis based on the Law on Copyright and Related Rights, the Law on Protection of Databases and the Law on Combating Unfair Competition

The subject of the article is a discussion on the protection of databases and establishement of big data. The issue of data sets was discussed inter alia in the copyright act, in the database protection act, and in the act on combating unfair competition. The analysis leads to the conclusion, that if the data sets meet the statutory requirements necessary for protection, they are protected. Data sets create big data. For this reason, big data will also be protected, if the statutory conditions required to cover the data sets with protection are met.