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Brauneis Robert F

Intellectual property protection of fact-based works : Copyright and its alternatives - London Edward Elgar 2009 - 344p x

Contents:

Preface

PART I: COPYRIGHT AND FACTS: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
1. Feist, Facts and Functions: Historical Perspective
Miriam Bitton

2. The Debate Over Copyright in News and its Effect on Originality Doctrine
Robert F. Brauneis

3. Of Silos and Constellations: Comparing Notions of Originality in Copyright Law
Elizabeth F. Judge and Daniel J. Gervais

PART II: THE FACT: A CONTESTED CONCEPT
4. Two Fallacies about Copyrighting Factual Compilations
Michael Steven Green

5. Speaking of the World: Fact, Opinion and the Originality Standard of Copyright
Alan L. Durham

6. Created Facts and their Awkward Place in Copyright Law
Justin Hughes

7. Copyright and Convergence: A Pragmatic Perspective
David McGowan

PART III: ALTERNATIVES TO COPYRIGHT: TRADE SECRET, TORT, AND SUI GENERIS PROTECTION OF FACTS
8. The Challenge of Protecting Trade Secret Information in a Digital World
Elizabeth A. Rowe

9. The Third Party Problem: Assessing the Protection of Information Through Tort Law
Sharon K. Sandeen

10. The Componentization of Information
Kristen Osenga

Index

ISBN: 9781848441835

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Intellectual Property - U S A 2. Copyright - Databaes

Dewey Class. No.: 346.048600 / BRA