Research Paper on:
Database Directive Implementation of the EU and the Sui Generis Right's Meaning

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Passed in 1995, the European Unions (EU) Database Directive came into effect on January 1, 1998. The US method of financial reporting appeared to be set to become  the world standard before the emergence of Enrons collapse and the growing number of stories of auditor scandal associated with it. Similarly, so does it appear that the EUs  Database Directive will become the guiding force on which other developed nations will base their own intellectual property laws regarding that type of electronic information.  The Database Directive has been discussed and analyzed in great detail over the past seven years, but as yet there has been no firm position established for the  sui generis right, that aspect of database construction and protection that applies to business needs and directly affects the competitive advantage that todays business environment obliges every organization to pursue.  The Database Directive is written from the perspective of individuals rights to privacy. While based on a wealth of good intentions, the Database Directive fails to adequately address  the issues that the sui generis right seeks to clarify. The EUs Database Directive The  EU has led the rest of the developed world in examining individuals privacy issues in our electronic age. The result of this leadership role has been the directive "on  the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data" (Lloyd, 1996). It was the larger body of the  EU adopting the Database Directive. A feature of the EU is that all member states must comply with such directives from the larger body of the EU. Such