Brandy Karl, How the Current Congressional Database Protection Bill Would Go Beyond Current Law, and Why It is Unconstitutional and Misguided FindLaw's Writ, February 11, 2004. Karl, a third-year law student at Boston University, demonstrates how the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (DCIMA) is essentially "An Unconstitutional Attempt to Copyright Uncopyrightable Material," shows examples of how databases are and are not protected by copyright law, and argues against its enactment: "A free society does not hoard its facts and ideas -- but that is just what DCIMA protects and encourages." (Source: The Virtual Chase)
Posted by
Garrett at 2/12/2004 12:23:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
