Editing Database right (section)

{{Short description|Legal protection for computer datasets}}
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A '''database right''' is a ''[[sui generis]]'' [[property right]], comparable to but distinct from [[copyright]], that exists to recognise the investment that is made in compiling a database, even when this does not involve the "[[creative work|creative]]" aspect that is reflected by copyright.<ref name=":0">{{cite web
  | url = http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/19973032.htm 
  | title = The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997
  | publisher = UK Government
  | quote = A property right ("database right") subsists, in accordance with this part, in a database if there has been a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents of the database.
}} United Kingdom implementation of the EU directive.  Section {{nowrap|13 (1)}}.
</ref> Such rights are often referred to in the plural: '''database rights'''.

The [[TRIPS Agreement]] requires that copyright protection extends to databases and other compilations if they constitute intellectual creation by virtue of the selection or arrangement of their contents, even if some or all of the contents do not themselves constitute materials protected by copyright.<ref>Article 10.5, TRIPS Agreement. See [https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel2_e.htm WTO Overview of TRIPS Agreement]</ref> Many countries act in accordance with this requirement, as databases are protected by copyright if this condition is met, and there is no separate intellectual property right protecting databases (or any aspects of them) that do not meet the conditions for copyright protection. The database right extends protection over databases which does not depend on the condition required for copyright protection, and is recognised only in a small number of jurisdictions, most notably the European Union.