Employing Technical and Legal Means to Protect Databases

Abstract

The prevalence of inexpensive and powerful computer systems andstorage has led to the gathering of unprecedented amounts of data byorganizations from all facets of daily life .This intelligent data gathering ina manual or a computer form as well as its advanced processing are,generally called database. Data bases play an important role in thedevelopment of information market and its products. A large number ofdatabases are available online from foreign vendors which now find anincreasing market in the country. Authors or developers are interested inreceiving remuneration from databases which are based on intellectualand skillful inputs. Thus, they want to restrict copying from databaseswhile the users are keen to make use of the information either withoutpaying for it or through having copying rights at relatively lesser cost.This study presents a new paradigm for thinking about intangibleproperty rights in response to recent criticism that information productssuch as databases should not be over-propertied. This study shows twomain types of available protection: technical protection and legal one.