@INBOOK{KKarydis2015,
  AUTHOR =       {Dimitra Karydi, Ioannis Karydis},
  editor =       {Kostagiolas, P., Martzoukou, K., Lavranos, C.},
  TITLE =        {Greek copyright law framework for musical databases \& academic research use},
  CHAPTER =      {Trends in Music Information Seeking, Behavior, and Retrieval for Creativity},
  pages =        {},
  PUBLISHER =    {IGI Global},
  YEAR =         {2015},
  volume =       {},
  number =       {},
  series =       {},
  type =         {},
  address =      {},
  edition =      {},
  month =        {},
  note =         {},
  abstract =     {Music Information Research (MIR), although a new field, affects all music lovers as well as the rather big musical industry. Its task is to produce Information Retrieval and Data Mining methods that when applied to musical data will allow for the support of creative and consuming users' needs. Accordingly, MIR presents a number of requirements the most basic of which is the need to test its methods on real musical data, since music is highly artistic and thus synthetic data are of little use, in order to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness as well as to compare with existing methods to identify progress. Original musical works are protected under copyright law. This means, in general terms, that their creators are given several exclusive rights over the use of their works while, at the same time, third parties are excluded from engaging in unauthorised uses of these very works. Databases are also protected per se under copyright law, if original, as well as under a sui generis right (``database right") provided to their makers in exchange for the investment put into their creations. This also means that certain exclusive rights are vested upon database makers which prohibit the unauthorized utilization of these works by other users. A lawful use of a musical work or a database by a user can be achieved by either obtaining permission from the copyright owner (or the database right owner) or by having recourse to exceptions/limitation expressly provided by law. As regards to the latter, several jurisdictions including Greek legislation provide for certain exceptions/limitations that warrant the use of a work, which would otherwise be deemed copyright/database right infringing. However, it is debatable to which extent existing exceptions/limitations under Greek law can be helpful for academic research purposes focusing on using musical databases.

},
  keywords =     {musical work, database, copyright law, database right, Greek law, exceptions/limitation, academic research, music information research},
}