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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

Contents

 Part I—

  

Workshop Presentations

  
   

1  Introductory Remarks Robert Serafin

  
   

2  Keynote Address Q. Todd Dickinson

  
   

3  Characteristics of Scientific and Technical Databases

  
   

 Geographic Data Panel

  
   

 Genomic Data Panel

  
   

 Chemical and Chemical Engineering Data Panel

  
   

 Meteorological Data Panel

  
   

4  Economic Factors in the Production, Dissemination, and Use of Scientific and Technical Databases Richard Gilbert

  
   

5  Overview of Technologies for Protecting and for Misappropriating Digital Intellectual Property Rights: The Current Situation and Future Prospects Mark Stefik and Teresa Lunt

  
   

6  Legal and Policy Issues

  
   

 Summary Overview of Existing and Proposed Intellectual Property Rights Regimes for Databases, Marybeth Peters

  
   

 Summary of Federal Government Information Law and Data Policies, Justin Hughes

  

 Part II—

  

Discussion Sessions on the Existing Legal and Technical Situation

  
   

7  Government-Sector Data

  
   

8  Not-for-Profit-Sector Data

  
   

9  Commercial-Sector Data

  

 Part III—

  

Discussion Sessions on the Potential Impacts of Legislation and Assessments of Policy Options

  
   

10  A Strong Property Rights Model for Protecting Databases

  
   

11  An Unfair Competition Model for Protecting Databases

  
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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)