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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1996/9",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Limitations on the scope",
  "text": "This Directive shall apply without prejudice to Community provisions relating to:\n(a) the legal protection of computer programs;\n(b) rental right, lending right and certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property,\n(c) the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/9/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:13.340825+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}