World Intellectual Property Organization: Comments on the Basic Proposal for the Substantive Provisions of the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Databases.

Kirtley, Jane E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ544712

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Publication Date: 1997

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World Intellectual Property Organization: Comments on the Basic Proposal for the Substantive Provisions of the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Databases.

Kirtley, Jane E.; And Others

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v23 n2 p134-39 Mar 1997

Discusses the World Intellectual Property Organization's proposed Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Databases and suggests that because it disagrees with United States copyright law and the First Amendment, it should be rejected. Topics include public interests and individual property rights; journalists' reporting; and the fair use doctrine. Contains 59 notes. (LRW)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Databases, Fair Use (Copyrights), Intellectual Property, International Organizations, Journalism, Legislation, Treaties

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Copyright Law 1976; First Amendment

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