Database Rights and Technical Data Rights: the Expansion of Intellectual Property for the Protection of Databases
Lionel M. Lavenue · Santa Clara Law Digital Commons (Santa Clara University) · 1997
tability of computer software because a computer program 42. 17 U.S.C. § 106 (1994).In contrast to patent rights, a copyright provides an affirmative, exclusive right to the subject matter of the copyright.Id.These exclusive rights endure for the life of the author and fifty years after the author's death, or fifty years after the death of the last author for joint works, or seventy-five years from first publication or 100 years from creation for works made for hire, anonymous, or pseudonymous works.Id. § 302(a-c); see also Copyright Term Extension Bill is Approved by Senate Committee, 52 PAT.,