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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255199803321

Autore

Mazumder Anirban

Titolo

Database Law : Perspectives from India / / by Anirban Mazumder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

981-10-2200-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

340

Soggetti

Mass media

Law

Computers

Knowledge management

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property

Information Systems and Communication Service

Knowledge Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Information, Property & Protection -- 3. Copyright, Access & Information Society -- 4. Copyright, Databases, and protection -- 5. Database Protection- European Experience -- 6. Aborted American Attempts -- 7. Indian database Industry and Legal regime -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on database law (a branch of intellectual property law) and further explores the legal protection currently available for data and data-related products in India. It offers a comparative study of the position of copyright law in protecting databases in the US and EU, while also presenting responses from the Indian database industry and its aspirations regarding the role of copyright law in database protection. India is undoubtedly leading the way as a knowledge economy. Its strengths are its information technology capability and its knowledge society, as well as its booming database industry – aspects that also necessitate the study of the role of law, as well as the protection of data and databases, in India. This book examines the growing importance of copyright law for protecting databases as well as for ensuring access in information societies. The book concludes



with a discussion of key principles to be kept in mind in the context of drafting legal regimes for databases in India that will both benefit the database industry and ensure accessibility.