1. The Collections of Information Antipiracy Act (H.R. 2652) was passed by the House of Representatives in May 1998. As of this writing it had not yet been acted on by the Senate.
2. For a comprehensive and informative summary of the arguments for and against the extension of database protection laws see the “U.S. Copyright Office Report on Legal Protection for Databases” (August 1997); available at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/more.html#rpt.
3. Written statement of the Information Industry Association before the Subcommittee of Courts and Intellectual Property House Committee on the Judiciary 30 October 1997 available at www.infoindustry.org/ppgrc/doclib/grdoc017.htm. See also L. Tyson E. Sherry Statutory Protection for Databases: Economic and Public Policy Issues (1997); available at www.infoindustry.org/ppgrc/doclib/grdoc016.htm.
4. Database owners can also copyright their compilations under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). The TRIPs agreement requires World Trade Organization member countries to protect compilations with intellectual creativity requirements similar to those of current U.S. copyright law.
5. Frankel M. Fowler A. Black B. Loevinger L. Poulter S. We thank.