LISLEX: Legal issues of concern to the library and information sector.

Reports on the passing of the Statutory Instrument (SI) law by the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament to fulfil its obligations to implement the European Union (EU) directive on databases. Effective date of the law; Implications of the change in the law; What the law states regarding any database collection; Four groups in which the rights in databases are divided into; Announcement of a Database Market Strategy Group by the UK Government in December of 1997.