Intellectual property protection of fact-based works
Subtitle: copyright and its alternatives
By: edited by Robert F. Brauneis.
Contributors: Brauneis, Robert.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781848441835
Subjects: Intellectual property -- United States; Intellectual property -- United States -- History; Copyright -- Databases -- United States; Intellectual property -- Political aspects; Intellectual property -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Feist, facts and functions : historical perspective / Miriam Bitton; title: The debate over copyright in news and ifs effect on originality doctrine / Robert F. Braunels; title: Of silos and constellations : comparing notions of originality in copyright law / Elizabeth F. Judge and Daniel J. Gervais; title: Two fallacies about copyrighting factual compilations / Michael Steven Green; title: Speaking of the world : fact, opinion and the originality standard of copyright / Alan L. Durham; title: Created facts and their awkward place in copyright law / Justin Hughes; title: Copyright and convergence : a pragmatic perspective / David McGowan; title: The challenge of protecting trade secret information in a digital world / Elizabeth A. Rowe; title: The third party problem : assessing the protection of information through tort law / Sharon K. Sandeen; title: The componentization of information / Kristen Osenga.