Re: Database Protection Paper

On 97-10-07, Dan Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
>
> There is, of course, the little datum that we already enjoy such
> works without protectionist legislation. Waiter, may I have my
> reality check?

As any producer of databases can tell you, we have always operated on the belief that these products were protected by legislation, specifically copyright legislation. However, since the Feist decision, a significant number of us are finding that trickle-down decisions have diluted copyright protection (which was specifically intended by Congress) of factual compilations (and I am not talking about telephone book white pages) to the point that such protections are virtually nonexistent. The database protection legislation we propose is simply a means of closing a widening gap in the law.

Lynn Levine
Warren Publishing
<lynnlevine[_at_]aol.com> Received on Tue Oct 07 1997 - 14:01:30 GMT