1、1499 U.S. 340 (1991).2See CRS Report No. 91-552, Copyright and Compilations of Fact, Feist Publications v.Rural Telpehone Service Co.3Some databases may consist of extensive lists of commands which have limited creativityand therefore currently have limited copyright protection available under the F
2、eist doctrine.Courts have scrutinized the copyrightability of software in light of the Feist principles. See(continued.)Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-487 AMay 21, 1998Collections of Information Antipiracy Act:Summary of H.
3、R. 2652(name redacted)Legislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryH.R. 2652, 105th Congress, 1st Sess., proposes to create a new body of copyrightlaw which would be entitled “Misappropriation of Collections of Information.” The billwould impose liability on anyone who extracted or used in commer
4、ce all or a substantialportion of a collection of information in such a way so as to harm the market for theproduct or service that contained the information and is offered in commerce. Thedatabase collection would be protected for a term of fifteen years. The bill provides forcivil and criminal rem
