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... Appendix B 97 and new laws are being considered to legislate new rights and limitations on those rights in the digital environment.2 Among the most significant new legislation enacted or being considered is database protection. Database Protection Databases produced by "sweat of the brow" (i.e., created with money, effort, or labor but without creativity)
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... They can also be written to slow or prevent data from public-private partnerships from entering the public domain (e.g., Example 5.14~. On the other hand, contract law has some limitations, including (~)
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