Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Licences to reflect payments in respect of underlying rights.

354.—Where a reference or application is made under this Chapter in relation to licensing in respect of the database right in a database, the Controller shall take into account, in considering what charges are to be paid for a licence, any payments which the owner of the database right is liable to make pursuant to the granting of the licence, or pursuant to the acts authorised by the licence—

(a) to owners of the copyright in works included in the database, or

(b) in respect of any performance included in the database.