In navolging van de Europese Unie willen de Verenigde Staten een databankenwet aannemen. Net als in Europa is het in de VS een controversieel onderwerp. Volgens Brandy Karl is een dergelijke wet zelfs in strijd met de Amerikaanse grondwet.
“Even databases that are merely collections of facts would be protected. The DCIMA would not extend protection to such databases because they represent original, creative expression. Rather, it would protect them because they come from the “sweat of the brow” (or, more realistically, the sweat of the wallet) of their creator. This theory inverts the whole idea underlying copyright protection. For this reason, the DCIMA is unconstitutional. Moreover, from a policy perspective, the DCIMA would also be disastrous.”
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