Database Directive 96/9/EC, Article 7(1): the sui generis right of the maker of a database (Directive 96/9/EC, Art 7(1))
A holder that invested substantially in obtaining, checking or presenting a curated dataset has a right to stop others from taking it, which is a reason a licence has value. The right is for the database as a whole and does not cover the personal data in it.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“Member States shall provide for a right for the maker of a database which shows that there has been qualitatively and/or quantitatively a substantial investment in either the obtaining, verification or presentation of the contents to prevent extraction and/or re-utilization of the whole or of a substantial part, evaluated qualitatively and/or quantitatively, of the contents of that database.”
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