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Do You Have A License For Those Facts?

Posted by timothy on from the balancing-rights-and-benefits dept.

spikedvodka writes "Wired is reporting that the "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (HR3261)" is under consideration. It passed the house Judiciary Committee, and is on it's way to the Commerce Committee. This bill would allow companies to copyright databases. (Think phone-number databases) and goes directly against the idea that nobody can own a fact." (See this earlier posting.)

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  1. Re:More [biased] info... by Mablung · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I stand corrected. Almost everyone agrees. Or maybe "almost all reasonable people".

    Who cares about stealing numbers from the phone book? That would be RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE CO.. At least they cared enough to spend a lot of money on legal fees.

    And FYI, there are two BIG web publishers of Legal info: West/Thompson (used to be just West) and LexisNexis and a few smaller ones, like VersusLaw (where I work).

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