COPYCENSE

"Marybeth Peters, the U.S. register of copyrights, told a conference here (.pdf) that the so-called Induce Act would not be part of the slew of legislation–including key spending measures–that Congress is expected to vote on before leaving for next week’s Thanksgiving holiday.

"’I don’t think you’ll ever see database protection,’ said Peters, who has been involved in closed-door negotiations this fall over copyright legislation. ‘Something else you won’t see this year is something known as the Induce Act.’

"The database bill would create a new intellectual property right for collections of information, while the Induce Act would prohibit inducing anyone to violate copyright law."

Declan McCullagh. Anti-P2P Bill May Slip Past Legislative Rush. News.com. Nov. 18, 2004.

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