LEADER 04057nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910960910703321 005 20251116141027.0 010 $a9780309172615 010 $a0309172616 010 $a9780309515818 010 $a0309515815 035 $a(CKB)110986584752902 035 $a(OCoLC)43842233 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10038554 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000231609 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194891 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231609 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10219315 035 $a(PQKB)11542095 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3375284 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10038554 035 $a(OCoLC)923254821 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3375284 035 $a(Perlego)4735245 035 $a(BIP)53858139 035 $a(BIP)6398811 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584752902 100 $a19991028d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA question of balance $eprivate rights and the public interest in scientific and tecnhical databases /$fCommittee 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780309068253 311 08$a0309068258 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront 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. 330 $aNew 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 through computerized databases. Lawmakers are struggling to strike an appropriate balance between the rights of database rights holders, who are concerned about possible commercial misappropriation of their products, and public-interest users of the data such as researchers, educators, and libraries. A Question of Balance examines this balancing act. The committee concludes that because database rights holders already enjoy significant legal, technical, and market-based protections, the need for statutory protection has not been sufficiently substantiated. Nevertheless, although the committee opposes the creation of any strong new protective measures, it recognizes that some additional limits against wholesale misappropriation of databases may be necessary. In particular, a new, properly scoped and focused U.S. statute might provide a reasonable alternative to the European Union's highly protectionistic database directive. Such legislation could then serve as a legal model for an international treaty in this area. The book recommends a number of guiding principles for such possible legislation, as well as related policy actions for the administration. 606 $aCopyright$xDatabases$zUnited States 606 $aScience$xDatabases$xAccess control$zUnited States 615 0$aCopyright$xDatabases 615 0$aScience$xDatabases$xAccess control 676 $a346.7304/82 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960910703321 996 $aA question of balance$94360664 997 $aUNINA