Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, Sui Generis Database Right
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In force since 9 October 2022.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Before extracting or re-utilizing the whole, or a substantial part, of a database a Moldovan producer made a substantial investment in compiling, obtain the producer's authorization, unless a research, private-use, security, or judicial-proceeding exception applies.
- Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts of such a database in a way that conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Licensing
What this law does
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Article 50(1) entitles the producer of a database who proves a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial investment in obtaining, verifying, or presenting its contents to prohibit the extraction or re-utilization of the whole, or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part, of that database; article 50(4) also bars the repeated and systematic extraction or re-utilization of insubstantial parts where this conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.
The right is transferable, applies regardless of whether the database or its contents separately qualify for copyright protection, and runs for fifteen years from completion, restarting on a substantial new investment in the database's contents.
Article 51 exempts a lawful user's extraction of a substantial part for private, non-electronic-database purposes, for study or research with the source indicated, for public security, or for administrative or judicial proceedings, and a database producer may not prevent a lawful user from extracting insubstantial parts for any purpose.
A person compiling scraped data from Moldovan sources into a database, and a person extracting a substantial part of an existing Moldovan database to train or populate a model, both fall within article 50's restricted acts.
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