Meaning of “database”U.K.
6. After section 3 insert—
“Databases
3A.—(1) In this Part “database” means a collection of independent works, data or other materials which—
(a)are arranged in a systematic or methodical way, and
(b)are individually accessible by electronic or other means.
(2) For the purposes of this Part a literary work consisting of a database is original if, and only if, by reason of the selection or arrangement of the contents of the database the database constitutes the author’s own intellectual creation.”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in force at 1.1.1998, see reg. 1(2)