deeje: LawIntellectual property matters pertaining to the Internet: copyright law, trademarksthe spreading virus of IP law- February 19, 2004 So after being battered down again and again, the database bill is back. Congress is again being pressed by IP extremist lobbyists to "solve" the "problem" of "inadequate legal protection" for databases by adding a raft of IP lawyers into the mix. This is an awful law, and were the attention of good people everywhere not focused upon the many awful things happening in DC, it would be dead on arrival. But unfortunately, it lives. PublicKnowledge is doing its part to stop it. Please do...http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/001734.shtml Kill Bill, Vol. 3- February 17, 2004 Word on the street was correct: Brandy Karl, who has previously written FindLaw about our export of American-style copyright restrictions abroad via free trade agreements, now has a new piece up explaining why it's necessary to kill in its infancy the proposed Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (DCIMA): In short, "The DCIMA is patently unconstitutional. In addition, from a policy perspective, it is a mistake--and the way it is currently drafted only worsens that...http://www.copyfight.org/20040201.shtml#69456 |