"Statutory Protection for Databases: Economic and Public Policy Issues," by Drs. Laura D'Andrea Tyson and Edward F. Sherry is posted at http://www.infoindustry.org/ppgrc/doclib/grdoc015.htm. It was sponsored by Reed Elsevier Inc. and The Thomson Corporation.
The paper provides a strong economic rationale for legal protection from piracy for databases produced by private entities. The authors argue that this protection is necessary to ensure the continued availability of the information services upon which Americans rely in both their public and private lives. They describe how an appropriately crafted law can meet the challenge of protecting the enormous human and financial investments of database producers, while at the same time ensuring that information is available to support education, scientific progress and economic growth.
Eric Massant
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Received on Fri Oct 03 1997 - 15:51:52 GMT
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