Editing Database right (section)

===United Kingdom===
On 1 January 1998, The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/made | title=The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997}}</ref> came into force, which implemented the EU [[Database Directive]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/2/made|title=The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 - Part I.2, Implementation of Directive}}</ref>  These regulations made a number of amendments to the [[Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988]] with respect to databases, a database being defined as 
:"a collection of independent works, data or other materials which --- 
::(a) are arranged in a systematic or methodical way, and
::(b) are individually accessible by electronic or other means"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/3A|title=Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 3A (1)}}</ref>

The regulations extend existing copyright law to databases, to the extent that they constitute "the author's own intellectual creation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/3A|title=Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 3A (2)}}</ref>

In addition, regulations 13 and 14 create a database right. Database rights automatically subsist if there has been a "substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents" of the database.

Such rights remain in force under regulation 17(2) until the end of the 15th calendar year from the date on which the database was first made available to the public. During that period, database right will be infringed by any person who, without consent, "extracts or re-uses all or a substantial part of the contents of the database", whether all at once or by repeated extractions of "insubstantial" parts.

On the other hand, any lawful user of the database has a right under regulation 19(1) "to extract or re-use insubstantial parts of the data for any purpose", and that right cannot be restricted by the database owner (regulation 19(2)). The term "substantial" is defined to mean "substantial in terms of quantity or quality or a combination of both".

Under the [[Brexit withdrawal agreement]], database rights that existed before 1 January 2021 retain reciprocal recognition between the UK and [[European Economic Area|EEA]] for their original duration, while those created on or after that date are only protected within the creator's jurisdiction - either the EEA ''or'' the UK.<ref name="UKSuGeneris">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sui-generis-database-rights |title=Sui generis database rights |work=GOV.UK |publisher=UK government |date=2020-01-30 |accessdate=2022-04-07}}</ref>