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software works are normally subject to copyright without much further ado.

database works are more commonly subject to rights _similar_ to copyright, but often a class of work in its own right.



The US has for IP protections: copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret. There is no “similar to” copyright.

Databases can be copyrightable. Not all are, but to the extent IP protection extends to databases it will virtually always be copyright, with maybe an occasional trade secret (which is almost the opposite of copyright)




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