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copyrighting FACTS???



Subcommittee approves database protection bill: Proponents of bill say
current copyright law has inadequate protections for databases By Grant
Gross, IDG News Service, October 16, 2003
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/10/16/HNsubbill_1.html

"A U.S. House subcommittee has approved a bill intended to prevent
information stored in databases from being copied by rival companies and
used to offer competing products. The House Judiciary Committee's
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property voted
Thursday to approve the Database and Collections of Information
Misappropriation Act of 2003, over objections from Democrats that the bill
would allow owners of databases to secure copyright-like protections on
facts within databases, not just.."

digital-copyright Digest 21 Oct 2003 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 276