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Re: Copyright in Bibliographic records?
May I naively ask exactly what OCLC feels it ought to protect its databases from? -Alan M. Edelson, Ph.D. Paul M. Gherman wrote: > > OCLC certainly has copyrighted its database of bibliographic records > to protect the interests of its member libraries. (Some recall the > heated debate some years ago between OCLC and the regional networks.) > The data (facts) in the OCLC database represents a significant > economic value to the membership of OCLC. Copying this data without > payment or permission seems to me an obvious violation of copyright. > Cataloging data is not just data, but intellectual work which most > libraries pay their employees to preform. > > Paul M. Gherman > University Librarian > Vanderbilt University > Nashville, TN 37240 > Office: (615) 322-7120 > Fax: (615) 343-8279 > gherman@library.vanderbilt.edu
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