eprintid: 5657
rev_number: 18
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datestamp: 2010-06-11 14:23:03
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type: article
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contact_email: gpike@pitt.edu
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item_issues_description: Date is <strong xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep3/issues">20 October 2003</strong> but item is still marked as <strong xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep3/issues">Submitted</strong>.
item_issues_timestamp: 2010-06-12 06:01:14
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creators_name: Pike, George H.
title: Database Protection Legislation Introduced in Congress
ispublished: submitted
divisions: sch_law_law
divisions: sch_law_law_facultypub
full_text_status: public
keywords: database, protection, legislation, Database, and, Collections, of, Information, Misappropriation, Act, House, Bill, 3261, U.S., Copyright, Office
abstract: On October 8, 2003, the ongoing debate over the need for database protection returned to the floors of Congress with the introduction House Bill 3261, the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act. The Act would impose substantial civil penalties to anyone who makes available “in commerce” a “quantitatively substantial” part of an existing database or information collection. While the legislation remains controversial, with both critics and proponents arguing about various elements, the U.S. Copyright Office is on record favoring database protection legislation in principal, and this bill is described as “major step” toward the “balanced legislation the (Copyright) Office has long recommended.” Work is expected to continue on the bill well into next year. If the bill passes in the House, it must still be approved in the Senate.
date: 2003-10-20
date_type: published
publication: Information Today NewsBreaks & the Weekly News Digest
publisher: Learned Information, Inc., Medford, NJ
institution: University of Pittsburgh
refereed: FALSE
issn: 8755-6286
official_url: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/
elements_deleted: 2018-12-19T19:55:24EST
citation:   Pike, George H.  (2003) Database Protection Legislation Introduced in Congress.  Information Today NewsBreaks & the Weekly News Digest.   ISSN 8755-6286    (Submitted)  
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/5657/1/zDatabase_Protection_Legislation_Introduced_in_Congress%2C_NewsBreak%2C_October_30%2C_2003.pdf
document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/5657/8/licence.txt