Title: Protecting works of fact : copyright, freedom of expression and information law /
Authors: Dommering, E. J., 1943-; Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Publisher: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Copyright Congresses.; Information services Law and legislation Congresses.; Copyright Computer programs.; Information services Law and legislation.; Copyright Databases; Copyright and electronic data processing.
Contents: An introduction to information law : works of fact at the crossroads of freedom and protection / Egbert J. Dommering -- Creation and commercial value : copyright protection of works of information in the United States / Jane C. Ginsburg -- Protection of compilation of facts in Germany and The Netherlands / P. Bernt Hugenholtz -- The Nordic catalogue rule / Gunnar W.G. Karnell -- Protection of raw data and data banks in France / Michel Vivant -- Information monopolies in European Community Law / Thijmen Koopmans -- Appendix I. Rudolf Jan Romme v. Van Dale Lexicografie B.V. (Supreme Court of the Netherlands (Hoge Raad). Judgment of 4 January 1991) -- Appendix II. Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc. (Supreme Court of the United States. Judgment of 27 March 1991)