PART IIAMENDMENT OF THE COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND PATENTS ACT 1988

Meaning of “database”I16

After section 3 insert—

Databases3A

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.