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The legislation does include exceptions for nonprofit use, scientific research, education, and other reasonable uses, but again only if the extraction doesnt harm the database owners current or future business and is not used commercially.
After fierce opposition by academic and industry groups, a similar proposal, known as the
However, some in academia and research are behind the Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act, introduced by House Commerce Committee chairmanRep.Tom Bliley(R-Virginia) today.
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The bill would make it illegal to duplicate a database collected by another person or to sell a copied database in competition with the original collector. The protection doesnt apply to future business ventures and makes room for competitors to collect the same information through other means.
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With the proliferation of the Internet and CD-ROMs, which make it easier to copy information, database assemblers are lobbying for new safeguards for their current businesses and future ventures.
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From Web crawlers to medical journal articles, nationwide court rulings, phone directories, and stock quotes, electronic database operators typically dont own copyrights on the cts they catalog. Instead they profit from aggregating and updating cd duplication utahdata and then it instantly available to paying customers.
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A key congressional subcommittee today is considering whether to tighten the law to give database owners landmark protections for collections of proprietary cts and public data.The House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property will debate and consider amendments to Rep.HowardCoble(R-North Carolina) and Sen.
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sui generis database treaty,also wasrejectedby delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organizations Diplomatic Conference in December 1996.
Cobles bill would prevent the extraction of all or a substantial part of a collection of information if the action would cause harm to the actual or potential market for the owner of the database. Violators could ce a fine of up to $250,000 for each offense and up to five years in prison.
The bill aims to protect the brow sweat and deep pockets of database creators and publishers, such as WestLaw, Reed Elsevier, and Lexis-Nexis.
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The Bliley bill reaffirms the basic information policy of this country--that cts cannot be owned, theDigital Future Coalitionsaid in a statement. At the same time, the measure provides strong new protections against database theft.
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The coalition represents academia and public institutions such as the
But researchers, a variety of industries, and Net search directories say the act would give a select group of companies an unprecedented grip--on everything from usage rights to price setting--on the information they gather. Engineers, scientists, and product developers often have used free, published material to foster new creations.
