Raw, corrected and treated data

When examining the issue of remote sensing data protection a distinction must be made between different possible objects of protection:

• raw data
• corrected data
• treated data, also called 'analysed data'

In general copyright protection may be obtained for an original work of authorship fixed in a tangible medium. One of the prime problems with raw, corrected and treated data is that collections of such data do not satisfy the originality criterion if there is no creative human intervention involved in producing such data.

In general, copyright protection is more easily available for treated data and data products.