Intellectual Property Protection for Noncreative Databases

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright.

Information services.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1999

Summary:

Analyzes proposals in the 106th Congress for protection against piracy of electronic and other databases on grounds of industrious effort rather than creativity, the basis of current copyright law, and summarizes arguments for and against this new form of intellectual property protection

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Intellectual Property Protection for Noncreative Databases

Publisher Number:

CRS-1999-AML-0021

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license