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Proceedings of the Workshop on Promoting Access to Scientific and Technical Data for the Public Interest:

An Assessment of Policy Options

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Size: 390 pages, web only

Publication Year:1999

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Committee for a Study on Promoting Access to Scientific and Technical Data for the Public Interest, National Research Council
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Front Matter i-viii  
Contents ix-x (skim)
Part I—Workshop Presentations 1-1 (skim)
1 Introductory Remarks 2-2 (skim)
2 Keynote Address 3-5 (skim)
3 Characteristics of Scientific and Technical Databases 6-100 (skim)
4 Economic Forces in the Production, Dissemination, and Use of Scientific and Technical Databases 101-110 (skim)
5 Overview of Technologies for Protecting and for Misappropriating Digital Intellectual Property Rights: The Current Situation and Future Prospects 111-121 (skim)
6 Legal and Policy Issues 122-137 (skim)
Part II—Discussion Sessions on the Current and Legal and Technical Situation 138-138 (skim)
7 Government-Sector Data 139-152 (skim)
8 Not-for-Profit-Sector Data 153-169 (skim)
9 Commerical-Sector Data 170-185 (skim)
Part III—Discussion Sessions on the Potential Impacts of Legislation and Assessments of Policy Options 186-186 (skim)
10 A Strong Property Rights Model for Protecting Databases 187-217 (skim)
11 An Unfair Competition Model for Protecting Databases 218-250 (skim)
12 Promoting Access to and Use of Government-Sector Scientific and Technical Data—An Assessment of Legal and Policy Options 251-281 (skim)
13 Promoting Access to and Use of Not-for-Profit Scientific and Technical Data—An Assessment of Legal and Policy Options 282-306 (skim)
14 Final Plenary Discussion 307-313 (skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Study Committee and Workshop Speakers and Panelists 314-327 (skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants 328-336 (skim)
Appendix C: Raw Knowledge: Protecting Technical Databases for Science and Industry 337-376 (skim)
Appendix D: Acronyms 377-379 (skim)

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