tailieunhanh - U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE REPORT ON LEGAL PROTECTION FOR DATABASES

Upon payment and successful completion of any required testing, the Secretary of State will issue your new driver’s license before you leave the facility. For more infor- mation on the vision, written or driving exam, see page 11. Safe Driver Renewal The Safe Driver Renewal Program enables drivers with clean driving records to renew their driver’s licenses from home and visit a Driver Services facility only once every eight years. Eligible drivers will receive a notice in the mail detailing how to complete the renewal process online, by phone or by mail. . | TABLE OF CONTENTS I. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR DATABASES IN THE UNITED STATES .3 A. Before B. The Feist C. Subsequent Judicial Interpretation of 1. Copyrightability .10 2. Scope of Protection .13 II. DATABASE INDUSTRY A. Enhancing Copyright 1. Adding Copyrightable 2. Making the Database More B. Contractual 1. Terms of Use .23 2. Pricing .25 C. Technological III. COPYRIGHT OFFICE REGISTRATION A. Registration Generally .30 B. Pre-Feist 1. Databases and the Rule of Doubt .32 2. 1988 and 1989 Interim Guidelines for Database 3. Registration of Automated C. Post-Feist Practices .36 IV. THE INTERNATIONAL A. International Treaties .39 B. European Database 1. Background .40 2. Copyright 3. Sui Generis Protection .45 4. Current Status of C. Proposed WIPO Treaty .50 V. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL VI. COPYRIGHT OFFICE A. B. Overview of VII. A. B. Is There a Need for Additional Protection .72 1. 2. 3. Trade Secrets .76 4. Trademark .77 5. Contracts .78 6. 7. Technological Protection .85 8. International Considerations .86 C. Form of Any New D. Definitions .92 E. Public Interest Uses .96 F. G. Sole Source H. 1. Copyright Clause .108 2. First Amendment .110 APPENDICES APPENDIX A Copyright Office Circular 65 APPENDIX B European Database Directive APPENDIX C Proposed WIPO Database Treaty APPENDIX D Database Investment and Intellectual Property Antipiracy Act of 1996 . 3531 104th Cong. 2d Sess. 1996 APPENDIX E Copyright Office Database Meeting Participants . COPYRIGHT OFFICE REPORT ON LEGAL PROTECTION FOR DATABASES August 1997 Introduction Databases have always been commodities of both commercial value