# Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases, Article 5: Restricted acts

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In respect of the expression of the database which is protectable by copyright, the author of a database shall have the exclusive right to carry out or to authorize:
(a) temporary or permanent reproduction by any means and in any form, in whole or in part;
(b) translation, adaptation, arrangement and any other alteration;
(c) any form of distribution to the public of the database or of copies thereof. The first sale in the Community of a copy of the database by the rightholder or with his consent shall exhaust the right to control resale of that copy within the Community;
(d) any communication, display or performance to the public;
(e) any reproduction, distribution, communication, display or performance to the public of the results of the acts referred to in (b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/9/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9/article-5
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