Re: Database Protection Paper

On 4/October/1997, Dan L. Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
>
> On 10/3/97, Eric Massant <eric.massant[_at_]lexis-nexis.com> wrote:
> >
> > "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.
>
> This paper was commissioned as an attempt to respond to the devastating
> critique of such statutory proposals found in J.H. Reichman & Pamela
> Samuelson, Intellectual Property Rights in Data?, 50 Vanderbilt L. Rev.
> 51 (1997). Interested parties should read both papers to fully
> understand the parameters of the debate.
>
> > 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.
>
> There is, of course, the little datum that we already enjoy such
> works without protectionist legislation. Waiter, may I have my
> reality check?

Is the Reichman/Samuelson paper available on line anywhere? I would like to read it but have been unable to track down a copy in the UK.

John Enser
Olswang
http://www.olswang.co.uk/ Received on Tue Oct 07 1997 - 19:57:15 GMT