计算机技术的迅猛发展,极大地推动了数据库业的进步和繁荣。但是,在数据库的法律地位问题上,依然存在诸多争论。焦点则集中于:是否应该对数据库进行保护以及应以何种方式保护数据库。目前国际上对数据库的一些具体保护措施及其发展趋势,应引起我们的高度关注和重视。国际数据库保护的发展现状数据库成为知识产权体系中的概念时间不长,在此之前,版权法中的“汇编”大致相当于数据库。九十年代之前,数据库基本上是指在计算机系统上组织、存储和使用的、相互关联的数据集合,包括电话号码薄、列车时刻表、百科全书、词典等编辑作品。1991年的 The rapid development of computer technology has greatly promoted the progress and prosperity of the database industry. However, there are still many disputes over the legal status of the database. The focus is on whether the database should be protected and how it should be protected. At present, some specific protection measures for the database and its development trend in the world should arouse our great concern and attention. The status quo of the development of the international database protection database has become a concept in the intellectual property system for a short period of time. Prior to this, the “assembly” in copyright law was roughly equivalent to the database. Prior to the 1990s, databases basically referred to data collections that were organized, stored, and used on computer systems, including telephone directory books, train schedules, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. In 1991