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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 (1999)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)

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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

PART II

DISCUSSION SESSIONS ON THE CURRENT LEGAL AND TECHNICAL SITUATION

Three discussion groups were convened to help identify the benefits and problems for data producers, disseminators, and users in the federal government, the not-for-profit sector, and the commercial sector under the status quo legal and technical environment.

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Front Matter (R1-R8)
Contents (R9-R10)
Part I—Workshop Presentations (1-1)
1 Introductory Remarks (2-2)
2 Keynote Address (3-5)
3 Characteristics of Scientific and Technical Databases (6-100)
4 Economic Forces in the Production, Dissemination, and Use of Scientific and Technical Databases (101-110)
5 Overview of Technologies for Protecting and for Misappropriating Digital Intellectual Property Rights: The Current Situation and Future Prospects (111-121)
6 Legal and Policy Issues (122-137)
Part II—Discussion Sessions on the Current and Legal and Technical Situation (138-138)
7 Government-Sector Data (139-152)
8 Not-for-Profit-Sector Data (153-169)
9 Commerical-Sector Data (170-185)
Part III—Discussion Sessions on the Potential Impacts of Legislation and Assessments of Policy Options (186-186)
10 A Strong Property Rights Model for Protecting Databases (187-217)
11 An Unfair Competition Model for Protecting Databases (218-250)
12 Promoting Access to and Use of Government-Sector Scientific and Technical Data—An Assessment of Legal and Policy Options (251-281)
13 Promoting Access to and Use of Not-for-Profit Scientific and Technical Data—An Assessment of Legal and Policy Options (282-306)
14 Final Plenary Discussion (307-313)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Study Committee and Workshop Speakers and Panelists (314-327)
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants (328-336)
Appendix C: Raw Knowledge: Protecting Technical Databases for Science and Industry (337-376)
Appendix D: Acronyms (377-379)

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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 PART II DISCUSSION SESSIONS ON THE CURRENT LEGAL AND TECHNICAL SITUATION Three discussion groups were convened to help identify the benefits and problems for data producers, disseminators, and users in the federal government, the not-for-profit sector, and the commercial sector under the status quo legal and technical environment.

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