Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:37:22 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Database Copyright Protection Legislation - Update from NCC
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
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August 13, 1999
Update on Database Copyright Protection Legislation
>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:38:36 -0400
>From: Page Miller <pagem@CapAccess.org>
> >
> NCC Washington Update, Vol 5, #28, August 13, 1999
> by Page Putnam Miller, Director of the
National Coordinating Committee
for the Promotion of History
>>>>SNIP
>3 . Update on Database Copyright Protection Legislation - Prior to the
>August recess the House Commerce Committee approved a slightly modified
>version of H.R.1858, the Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act
>of 1999, a copyright bill that deals with databases. Scholars and
>librarians have strongly supported H.R. 1858 because it provides the
>needed balance between the interests of database producers and "fair use"
>access by users. The bill protects the publishers who add value to the
>databases and promotes access to factual information that is in the public
>domain. The revised version makes clear that "fair use" will apply to
>court opinions, statutes, codes, and other legal documents.
>
>In May the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 354, the Collections of
>Information Antipiracy Act, which many in the scholarly community view as
>overly protective of database producers and as limiting legitimate access
>to factual information and data bases that are in the public domain. The
>House Commerce Committee and the House Judiciary Committee hope to develop
>a compromise bill that will be acceptable to all parties concerned.
>
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