[Opengenalliance] Cambridge University library digitisation

[Ben Laurie]

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Guy Etchells <guy.etchells at virgin.net> wrote:
> What seems to be missed here is in Europe and the UK we also have a law
> which makes Database Right part of Copyright.
> This gives protection for 15 years from the date of the last addition to the
> database.
>
> Database Right acknowledges sweat of the brow and costs.
>
> This allows Cambridge to claim copyright on the database collection of
> digitised images.
>
> Such protection is required if the public wish to enjoy access to such
> collections at a cost far less than travelling to read the paper book.

Really? How does that protection enable access to the public? If
you're going to say "cost recovery", then the question is: why is the
cost recovery model different from libraries or other archives?

> Cheers
> Guy
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