Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 2 July 2007 — Directmedia Publishing GmbH v 1. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2. Professor Ulrich Knoop

(Case C-304/07)

(2007/C 211/40)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Directmedia Publishing GmbH

Respondents: 1. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2. Professor Ulrich Knoop

Question referred

Can the adoption of data from a database protected in accordance with Article 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (database directive) (1) and their incorporation in a different database constitute an extraction within the meaning of Article 7(2)(a) of that directive even in the case where that adoption follows individual assessments resulting from consultation of the database, or does extraction within the meaning of that provision presuppose the (physical) copying of data?

(1)  OJ 1996 L 77, p. 20.