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9781848441835: Intellectual Property Protection of Fact-based Works: Copyright and Its Alternatives
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ISBN 10 : 1848441835 ISBN 13 : 9781848441835
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

The 1991 US Supreme Court decision in Feist Publications Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. held that factual matter is not subject to copyright protection because it is not original to the author, thus dramatically rejecting a two-century-old tradition of protecting factual compilations under copyright. The contributors to this book reassess this decision and its implications, particularly for the protection of electronic databases.

The debate over fact-based works has grown still more complicated since Feist with the enactment of worldwide initiatives that extend the protection of databases, such as the European Union's Database Directive. A number of legal scholars have voiced their opinions on how Congress should react to the Court's decision and the Database Directive, but none have put forth a viable solution or questioned the debate's underlying assumptions. The contributors to this insightful book turn their attention to these overlooked aspects, approaching the protection of factual matter from a range of perspectives: policy, historical, comparative, empirical and philosophical.

The range of viewpoints and disciplines represented in this compelling book will be of great interest to students, scholars and lawyers working in the area of intellectual property law.

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À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Robert F. Brauneis, Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, Intellectual Property Law Program and Co-Director, Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies, The George Washington University Law School, US

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848441835
ISBN 13 
9781848441835
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
360
Éditeur
Brauneis Robert F.
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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