Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, protection of compilations and databases
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In force since 31 December 1999.
A database right rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- A database or compilation of data is protected under copyright only where its selection or arrangement constitutes an intellectual creation; there is no separate sui generis right to clear.
What this law does
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Tanzania has no sui generis database right. A compilation of data or a database is protected as a derivative literary or artistic work only where the selection or arrangement of its contents constitutes an intellectual creation, the same threshold the Act applies to encyclopaedias and anthologies, and that protection is without prejudice to any protection in the underlying, pre-existing data compiled.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act text as republished by TanzLII