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List:       dmca-discuss
Subject:    Re: [DMCA_Discuss] Do you have a license for those facts?
From:       "Matthew T. Russotto" <mrussotto () speakeasy ! net>
Date:       2004-03-10 23:01:33
Message-ID: E05A1D0E-72E6-11D8-A326-0003938C3EE0 () speakeasy ! net
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On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 01:33  PM, Robert F. Bodi wrote:

> It does not allow "copyrighting" databases.  It is a totally different 
> set
> of protections, and is NOT an extension of copyright law.  However, it 
> does
> close some gaps in copyright law that leave databases without 
> meaningful
> protection.

It's not copyright, but it essentially implements, using commerce 
clause justification rather than copyright clause, the "sweat of the 
brow" copyright the Supreme Court has rejected in the past.

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