Copyright Law, sui generis database right
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In force.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not extract or re-utilise the whole or a substantial qualitative or quantitative part of another party's database without the database maker's authorisation, unless the extraction or re-utilisation is of an insubstantial part by a lawful user of a database made available to the public.
What this law does
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Article 58 defines a database as a systematically or methodically arranged collection whose individual elements are separately accessible and whose acquisition, verification or presentation required substantial qualitative or quantitative contribution, and defines the maker of a database as the person on whose initiative and responsibility that contribution was made.
Article 59 gives the maker the right to prohibit extraction or re-utilisation of the whole or a substantial qualitative or quantitative part of the database's contents, a genuine sui generis right modelled on the EU's Database Directive rather than a mere compilation-copyright rule; the maker may transfer or license these rights by contract. Article 60 preserves a lawful user's right to extract or re-utilise insubstantial parts of a database made available to the public, for any purpose.
Article 73 ties the Law's entry into force to the tenth day after its official publication, but the sources reviewed give only the date of the President's signature (4 July 2006), not the publication date itself, so no specific commencement day is recorded here.
When LexLint raises it
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