Re: copyrighting of numbers

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 08:29:19 -0700

On 5/20/98, Jessica Litman <litman[_at_]mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Terry Carroll, Mark Lemley and Shelley Warwick have been debating the
> constitutionality of a federal database protection law. The argument is
> rapidly becoming less hypothetical. The House of Representatives passed
> H.R. 2652, the Collections of Information AntiPiracy Act, by voice vote
> on Tuesday afternoon.

Continuing with my effort to understand the inner machinations of Congress, the Antipiracy Act seeks to amend Title 17 by adding sections 1201 through 1208. H.R. 2281, the WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act, seeks to do the same by adding sections 1201 through 1204. Both seek to add a Chapter 12 (with different names).

Does this mean that one of these seemingly mutually exclusive endeavors is destined to fail (he asks facetiously)?

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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