Defined terms — The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997
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appropriate person — the person required to make the contents of the database open to public inspection or, as the case may be, the person maintaining the register Schedule 1, paragraph 3(4)
copyright term — the period of the duration of copyright under section 12 of the 1988 Act (duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works) Section 29(2)
database — a collection of independent works, data or other materials which—
are arranged in a systematic or methodical way, and
are individually accessible by electronic or other means Section 6(1)
database right licences — licences to do, or authorise the doing of, any of the things for which consent is required under Regulation 16 Schedule 2, paragraph 1(3)
licensing body — a society or other organisation which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiating or granting, whether as owner or prospective owner of a database right or as agent for him, of database right licences, and whose objects include the granting of licences covering the databases of more than one maker Schedule 2, paragraph 1(2)
licensing scheme — a scheme setting out—
and for this purpose a “scheme” includes anything in the nature of a scheme, whether described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any other name.
the classes of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the person on whose behalf he acts, is willing to grant database right licences, and
the terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of case Schedule 2, paragraph 1(1)
statutory register — a register maintained in pursuance of a statutory requirement Schedule 1, paragraph 3(4)
statutory requirement — a requirement imposed by provision made by or under an enactment Schedule 1, paragraph 3(4)
the 1988 Act — the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Section 3
the 2003 Act — the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003;
“deposit library” and “relevant material” have the same meaning as in section 7 of the 2003 Act Section 20A(4)
the EEA Agreement — the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 Section 2(2)
the material time — the time when the database was made, or if the making extended over a period, a substantial part of that period Section 18(4)