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Owning Facts?
posted by scubacuda on Sunday March 07, @02:21AM
from the all-your-facts-are-belong-to-us dept.
News Wired: The Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (HR3261) would make it a crime for anyone to copy and redistribute a substantial portion of data collected by commercial database companies and list publishers. Critics say the bill would give the companies ownership of facts -- stock quotes, historical health data, sports scores and voter lists.

Backers of the bill include the Software and Information Industry Association, Reed Elsevier (owners of LexisNexis), and Westlaw.

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