Constantin Anechitoaie**

Abstract
We analyze the databases with a double protection, the general one by copyright, and secondly, by the sui generis right in the situation when the conditions regarding copyright protection are not met. Regarding databases, the European legislation to which our country has acquired through Law no. 8/1996, after the appearance of Directive 96/9/CE, allows two situations of protection of the creator of works and, respectively, of the creator of a database, which obviously can be applied separately or can coexist. The first publication decision rests with the creator of the database, in both situations. The right of „first publication” of the tutor works provided by the international legislation and the national legislation, have in mind as a central element – „the manufacturer of the database”, „the database” and „the rightful (legitimate) user of the database”.

* Articolul a mai fost publicat în volumul Conferinței internaționale „Provocările dreptului de autor la 160 de ani de la prima lor reglementare legală în România”,
Ed. Hamangiu, București, 2022, pp. 181-215.
** Constantin Anechitoae este profesor universitar doctor, doctor honoris causa, cadru didactic în cadrul Facultății de Drept a Universității „Ovidius” din Constanța.