Document (#18968)

Title

U.S. copyright office report on legal protection for databases

Source

Information today. 14(1997) no.10, S.4

Year

1997

Abstract

The US Copyright Office has issued a 111 page report of Congress giving an impartial overview on the question of legal protection for databases. The bulk of the report discusses issues raised by interested parties at meetings during 1997 and it is intended as a starting point for Congress to consider whether there is a need for a new form of statutory protection and, if so, how legislation could avoid negative consequences. Copies of the report are posted on the Internet site at http://www.loc.gov/copyright, under the heading 'What's new'

Theme

Rechtsfragen

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