DIRECTIVE ON THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF DATABASES

Directive  on  the  Legal  Protection  of  Databases.Copyright.  A  1996  European  Commission

initiative that sets uniform copyright protection among members for databases of original content

and  requires  a  sui  generis  system  of  protection  for  databases  that  do  not  qualify  for  copyright

protection because their content is not original. — Also termed Database Directive.[Blacks Law 8th]