> > And you need not look so far afield for that particular lack of rationality. > In the US, databases are covered by the Database and Collections of > Information Misappropriation Act of 2003 > (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/hr3261) which says almost exactly > the same thing; that a database that took a lot of time and effort to collate > is protected against reproduction 'in commerce' without authorisation.
That bill died: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/hr3261 Hadley -- Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair Department of Statistics / Rice University http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
