Copyright Protection for Bibliographic, Numeric, Factual, and Textual Databases
J. Keith Miller · Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) · 1983
an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or( 2 )that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.Any exact copies prepared in accordance with the provisions of this section may be leased, sold, or otherwise transferred, along with the copy from which such copies wcre prepared, only as part of the lease, sale, or other transfer of all rights in the program.Adaptations so preparrd ma be transfrrred only with the authorization of the ropy-The issue of copyright protection for computer programs has been treated in a number of law review articles and papers presented at learned conference^.^The court challenges to copyright protection for computer programs center on video displays and the ROM (read only memory) microchips containing programs for arcade-type games4 To simplify greatly, the courts found that if the creators of the chips and visual displays fulfill the requirements for registration, deposits, and copyright notices, the copyrights are valid and may be defended in the courts, although many details remain unclear and must be resolved through legislation or litigation.Although copyright protection for computer programs and arcade-type games has been treated by the courts and the scholarly literature, little attention has been given to copyright protection for databases5 Copyright Protection for DatabasesCopyright protection for databases falls outside the protection for computer programs included in the new Section 1 17, as described previously.