Intellectual property. Europe's database experiment

Database protection laws in Europe may have produced a modest, one-time growth spurt for commercial providers. Unfortunately, Europe's new database laws have also produced significant problems including overprotection of low-value data (e.g., telephone books), new barriers to database integrati...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2001-10, Vol.294 (5543), p.789-790
Main Authors: Maurer, S M, Hugenholtz, P B, Onsrud, H J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Databases, Factual - legislation & jurisprudence
Europe
European Union
Intellectual Property
Internet
United States
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Summary:Database protection laws in Europe may have produced a modest, one-time growth spurt for commercial providers. Unfortunately, Europe's new database laws have also produced significant problems including overprotection of low-value data (e.g., telephone books), new barriers to database integration, and further erosion of the public domain. The authors of this Policy Forum caution that these problems could cripple commercial and academic science.
ISSN:0036-8075
DOI:10.1126/science.1062695