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From:       "Seth Johnson" <seth.johnson () realmeasures ! dyndns ! org>
Date:       2004-02-20 21:58:08
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@astro.ocis.temple.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:34:30 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [MediaMentor] DATABASES : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: ISSUES: Fwd: 
[ALA-WO:896] Action Alert: Database Protection Legislation Needs 
Immediate Grassroots Action

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Subject: [NetGold] DATABASES : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: ISSUES: Fwd:
    [ALA-WO:896] Action Alert: Database Protection Legislation Needs
    ImmediateGrassroots Action

DATABASES : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: ISSUES: Fwd: [ALA-WO:896] Action
Alert:
Database Protection Legislation Needs ImmediateGrassroots Action

This American Library Association Alert may be of interest to members
of
this discussion group.

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Fwd: [ALA-WO:896] Action Alert: Database Protection

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:47:01 -0800
From: Arlene Weible <AWeible@library.unt.edu>
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Subject: Fwd: [ALA-WO:896] Action Alert: Database Protection
Legislation
    Needs ImmediateGrassroots Action
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    Legislation  Needs ImmediateGrassroots Action

>>> "ALAWASH E-MAIL" <ALAWASH@alawash.org> 02/19/04 03:31PM >>>
ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 13, Number 9
February 19, 2004

In This Issue: ACTION  ALERT: Database Protection Legislation needs
immediate grassroots action!

H.R. 3261, the Database and Collections of Information
Misappropriations Act, has the support of House leadership and is
gaining momentum. On February 12, the House Judiciary Committee
reported
out the bill with amendments and referred it to the House Energy and
Commerce Committee.  Energy and Commerce Committee has until March 12,
2004 to act on the bill. See the bill at www.thomas.loc.gov

It is crucial that library advocates with Representatives sitting on
the House Energy and Commerce Committee tell their Representatives it
is
time to oppose this legislation.

H.R. 3261 would create what amounts to ownership rights in a wide
variety of data including facts.  Despite opposition from the
libraries,
an array of business concerns including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
telecommunications, financial services and high technology
organizations, the House leadership has been committed to passing the
legislation.

Talking Points
* Despite years of negotiation, H.R. 3261 is not acceptable to
libraries and other opponents.

* H.R. 3261 is simply not necessary. Existing laws are adequate to
protect the interests of the database producers, who have yet to prove
that their businesses have suffered because of any failure in the law.

* H.R. 3261 gives broad protections to database producers and will lead
to reduced competition in the database market and increased costs to
libraries at a time when the cost of academic journals and access to
technical, scientific and medical information is already prohibitively
expensive for many libraries.

* H.R. 3261 is too vague and will add to uncertainty in the law and
increase the likelihood of litigation.

* The narrow exemption for nonprofit educational, scientific and
research institutions is inadequate because of the ambiguous language
in
the bill. Also, the exemption could be overridden by terms in
"shrink-wrap" or non-negotiated contracts.

* H.R. 3261 makes it permissible, in effect, to copyright facts - a
practice never allowed under copyright law.  By doing so, the bill
could
give database producers both retroactive and perpetual rights to a wide
variety of information.

These talking points are also available online with contact information
for your Representatives. Go  to ALA's Contact Congress legislative
action center. www.capwiz.com/ala.

E-Mail or fax the Representatives on the Energy and Commerce Committee
TODAY!

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee:

Arizona
John B. Shadegg

California
Christopher Cox
George Radanovich
Mary Bono
Darrell Issa
Henry A. Waxman
Anna G. Eshoo
Lois Capps
Hilda L. Solis

Colorado
Diana DeGette

Florida
Michael Bilirakis
Cliff Stearns
Peter Deutsch
Jim Davis

Georgia
Nathan Deal
Charlie Norwood

Idaho
C.L. "Butch" Otter

Illinois
John Shimkus
Bobby L. Rush
Jan Schakowsky

Indiana
Steve Buyer

Kentucky
Ed Whitfield

Louisiana
W.J. "Billy" Tauzin,  Chairman
Christopher John

Maine
Tom Allen

Maryland
Albert R. Wynn

Missouri
Karen McCarthy

Massachusetts
Edward J. Markey

Michigan
Fred Upton
Mike Rogers
John D. Dingell, Ranking Member
Bart Stupak

Mississippi
Charles "Chip" Pickering

Missouri
Karen McCarthy

Nebraska
Lee Terry

New Hampshire
Charles F. Bass

New Jersey
Mike Ferguson
Frank Pallone Jr.

New Mexico
Heather Wilson

New York
Vito Fossella
Edolphus Towns
Eliot L. Engel

North Carolina
Richard Burr,Vice Chairman

Ohio
Paul E. Gillmor
Sherrod Brown

Oklahoma
John Sullivan

Oregon
Greg Walden

Pennsylvania
James C. Greenwood
Joseph R. Pitts
Michael F. Doyle

Tennessee
Bart Gordon

Texas
Ralph M. Hall
Joe Barton
Gene Green
Charles A. Gonzalez

Virginia
Rick Boucher

Wyoming
Barbara Cubin

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