Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There have been efforts in the U.S. to undo the effects of _Feist_ > through legislation. One example is the "Collections of Information > Antipiracy Act"[1]. (I don't think that bill passed.)
However, such a law is also probably not Constitutional. The argument in Feist is that there is no author at all of such a raw collection of informtion. The Constitution only permits copyright to extend to *authors*. The Commerce Clause might also be used, of course, but there a whole new First Amendment issue would arise, and quite possibly nix the law for that reason. Thomas
