Re: Database legislation in the USA

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Charles Oppenheim <c.oppenheim[_at_]lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> I understand that H.R. 354 "Collections of Information Antipiracy Act"
> was introduced on January 19. The bill is, I gather, almost identical
> to the legislation that passed the House in the last Congress. However,
> changes are proposed regarding fair use and the issue of perpetual
> protection.
>
> Could anyone provide me with a URL with the text of the Bill and/or a
> brief account of its mmain features? Also any comments of the
> likelihood of it becoming law?

You can find a PDF version of the bill at

   http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_bills&docid=f:h354ih.txt.pdf

or an html version at

   http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c106:./temp/~c106tW2PLO.

-Benet O'Reilly
<bjo200[_at_]is5.nyu.edu> Received on Thu Jan 28 1999 - 14:20:51 GMT