1 December 2003

No one should be able to own facts about other people

Conservative columnist Phyllis Schlafly pens an alarming article on the recently introduced Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act bill in Congress.
Giving new powers to the federal courts to police the use and exchange of information collected in databases would have a negative effect on our already shaky economy. Creating federally mandated ownership over data is not the way to go if we still believe in free enterprise.

Nor is H.R. 3261 the way to go if we believe that the federal government should exercise only enumerated powers. The Constitution does not authorize Congress to create any property rights beyond those specified in the Copyright Clause.

The American Library Association is also opposed to this legislation.

Comments

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Let us Prey,
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For his is the power and the glory forever.
Sig Heil Bush !! four more years !