A question of balance : private rights and the public interest in scientific and technical databases /

New legal approaches, such as the European Union's 1996 Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases, and other legal initiatives now being considered in the United States at the federal and state level, are threatening to compromise public access to scientific and technical data available th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for a Study on Promoting Access to Scientific and Technical Data for the Public Interest
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Copyright > Databases > United States.
Science > United States > Databases.
Droit d'auteur > Bases de données > États-Unis.
Sciences > États-Unis > Bases de données.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Copyright > Databases.
Science.
United States.
Jura > Jura.
Databases.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Importance and use of scientific and technical databases
  • Incentives and disincentives affecting the availability and use of scientific and technical databases
  • Access to and protections for databases: existing policies and approaches
  • Assessment and recommendations.

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