July 9, 1999

Publishers and Users of Data Bases Disagree Over Intellectual-Property Legislation

By FLORENCE OLSEN

Mobilized by two bills in Congress that would create new intellectual-property protections for data-base publishers, the producers and users of data bases are questioning whether the bills would harm science research and higher education.

Many research libraries, universities, and information-technology companies favor H.R. 1858, introduced in the House of Representatives in May by Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, a Republican of

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