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Europe's Database Experiment

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: Database protection laws in Europe may have produced a modest, one-time growth spurt for commercial providers. Unfortunately, Europe's new database laws have also produced significant problems including overprotection of low-value data (e.g., telephone books), new barriers to database integration, and further erosion of the public domain. The authors of this Policy Forum caution that these problems could cripple commercial and academic science.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1062695

Authors: Stephen M. Maurer, P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Harlan J. Onsrud

Institutions: University of Amsterdam, University of Maine

Language: English

Topic: Digitalization, Law, and Regulation

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1963181517

FWCI: 233.3

Cites: 3

Cited by: 115

Related to: 10