Legal protection of databases

The Commission accepted all of the amendments adopted by the EP at second reading and amended its proposal accordingly. These amendments related mainly to: - the exceptions to copyright, making it compulsory to indicate the source when using a database for teaching or research, in accordance with the Berne Convention; - the provisions on acts that conflict with the normal exploitation of a database; - the provisions on exceptions to the "sui generis" right; - the rules determining the beneficiaries of protection under the "sui generis" right (replacing the term "beneficiary" with the term "rightholder"). �