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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

Jerome Reichman

Vanderbilt University School of Law

Thomas Rindfleisch

Stanford University

Hedy Rossmeissl

U.S. Geological Survey

John Rumble

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Barbara Ryan

U.S. Geological Survey

Carolina Saez

U.S. Copyright Office

Roberta Saxon

Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel

Terri Scanlan

National Research Council

Jean Schiro-Zavela

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Harold Schoolman

National Library of Medicine

Suzanne Scotchmer

University of California, Berkeley

Robert Serafin

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Leslie Singer

Institute for Scientific Information

Mark Smith

American Association of University Professors

Mark Stefik

Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

Charles Sturrock

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ambassador James Sweeney

Consultant

Margaret Thomson

U.S. Department of Energy

Paul Uhlir

National Research Council

John Vaughn

Association of American Universities

Ferris Webster

University of Delaware

Peter Weiss

Office of Management and Budget

Pamela Whitney

National Research Council

Martha Williams

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Myra Williams

Molecular Applications Group

James Wilson

Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives

Richard Witmer

U.S. Geological Survey

Barbara Wright

National Research Council

Susan Zevin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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)