Sui generis database right
Also: database right, sui generis right
The sui generis database right is an EU protection, created by Directive 96/9/EC, that lets the maker of a database prevent the extraction or re-use of all or a substantial part of its contents.
The right exists independently of copyright and protects the investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the data. It is the reason the Fotocasa Scraper caps every run with `maxItems` and offers no download-everything mode.