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TCRP Legal Research Digest 37: Legal Arrangements for Use and Control of Real-Time Data (2011)
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Thomas, Larry W, Transportation Research Board. "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS." TCRP Legal Research Digest 37: Legal Arrangements for Use and Control of Real-Time Data. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.

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COVER (1-1)
CONTENTS (2-2)
A. Whether a Public Transit Agency May Hold a Copyright in Real-Time Data (3-3)
B. Whether Real-Time Data Are Copyrightable as a Compilation or Database (4-5)
C. Issues for Real-Time Data Under the Copyright Act (6-9)
D. Registration of Automatic Databases with Real-Time Data (10-10)
B. Copyright of Audiovisual Programs (11-11)
C. Computer Programs and Compilations or Databases (12-12)
E. Copyright Protection and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (13-13)
A. Preemption by the Copyright Act of Causes of Action Under State Law (14-15)
B. Tort of Misappropriation Under State Law (16-18)
IV. WHETHER A TRANSIT AGENCY HAS PROPRIETARY RIGHTS IN REAL-TIME DATA (19-20)
A. Use of Contracts, Licenses, and End-User Agreements (21-22)
B. Whether Copyright Law Preempts Provisions of Licenses or Other Agreements Seeking to Protect Noncopyrightable Data (23-23)
C. Transit Agencies' Survey Responses Regarding Laws and Contractual Issues (24-25)
A. Electronic Communications Privacy Act (26-26)
B. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (27-27)
D. Whether Real-Time Data Constitutes a Trade Secret (28-29)
E. Licensing of Real-Time Data and the Computer Information Transactions Act (30-31)
B. State Public Records Disclosure Laws (32-35)
VIII. POST-SEPTEMBER 11 SECURITY ISSUES AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO TRANSIT REAL-TIME DATA (36-37)
CONCLUSION (38-39)
APPENDIX A--DISCUSSION OF RESPONSES TO SURVEY QUESTIONS (40-48)
APPENDIX B--TRANSIT AGENCIES RESPONDING TO THE SURVEY (49-50)
APPENDIX C--SURVEY QUESTIONS (51-53)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (54-54)
BACK COVER (55-55)

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55 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This study was performed under the overall guidance of TCRP Project Committee J-5. The Committee is chaired by Robin M. Reitzes, San Francisco City Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California. Members are Rolf G. Asphaug, Denver Regional Transportation District, Denver, Colorado; Sheryl King Benford, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Cleveland, Ohio; Darrell Brown, Darrell Brown & Associates, New Orleans, Louisiana; Dennis C. Gardner, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Houston, Texas; Clark Jordan-Holmes, Joyner & Jordan-Holmes, P.A., Tampa, Florida; Elizabeth M. O'Neill, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Atlanta, Georgia; Ellen L. Partridge, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago, Illinois; and James S. Thiel, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison, Wisconsin. Rita M. Maristch provides liaison with the Federal Transit Administration, James P. LaRusch serves as liaison with the American Public Transportation Association, and Gwen Chisholm Smith represents the TCRP staff.