In the Databases Directive 96/9/EC—the member states of the EU are obliged to confer protection known as the database right on non-original databases, that is on those that embody no creativity, but are a consequence of substantial investment (financial, labour etc.).
在数据库指令96/9/EC中，欧盟成员国必须对其授予保护权——非原创数据库的数据库权利，也就是对那些没有原创性作品的保护，这是大量投资（金钱、劳力等）的结果。