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Collections of Information Antipiracy Act: Summary of H.R. 2652 (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date May 21, 1998
Report Number 98-487
Report Type Report
Authors Douglas Reid Weimer, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

H.R. 2652 , 105th Congress, 1st Sess., proposes to create a new body of copyright law which would be entitled "Misappropriation of Collections of Information." The bill would impose liability on anyone who extracted or used in commerce all or a substantial portion of a collection of information in such a way so as to harm the market for the product or service that contained the information and is offered in commerce. The database collection would be protected for a term of fifteen years. The bill provides for civil and criminal remedies and sets time limitations for bringing actions for misappropriation. The bill was introduced on October 9, 1997 by Representative Coble and reported to the House with amendments by the House Committee on Judiciary on March 24, 1998, H.Rept. 105-525 .