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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826249203321

Titolo

A question of balance : private rights and the public interest in scientific and tecnhical databases / / Committee for a Study on Promoting Access to Scientific and Technical Data for the Public Interest, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999

ISBN

0-309-17261-6

0-309-51581-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

346.7304/82

Soggetti

Copyright - Databases - United States

Science - Databases - Access control - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Importance and Use of Scientific and Technical Databases -- 2 Incentives and Disincentives Affecting the Availability and Use of Scientific and Technical Databases -- 3 Access to and Protections for Databases: Existing Policies and Approaches -- 4 Assessment and Recommendations -- APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- APPENDIX B Workshop Agenda and Participants -- APPENDIX C Workshop Proceedings- Listing of Contents -- Appendix D European Union Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases.