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2See Chad R Chambers, Luis W Kono, Stuart E Pollack, Linda Wong,Database antipiracy legislation is introduced in House, The Journal of Proprietary Rights; Clifton; Apr 1999, Volume 11, Issue 4, at 18.
3See David Djavherian, Comment, Hot News and No Cold Facts: NBA v. Motorola and the Protection of Database Contents, 5 Rich. J. L. & Tech.8, winter, 1998, at 15.
4See Richard Keck, Damon Goode, Of misappropriated manure heaps,rude robots and broken promises: The (D)evolving law of database protection, The Business Lawyer, Chicago, Nov 2001, Volume 57,Issue 1, at 513-540.
5See Amanda Perkins,United States Still No Closer to Database Legislation, European Intellec-tual Property Review, vol 22, Issue 8, August 2000, at 366.
6See Recital 40 of the Council Directive 96/9 on the Legal Protection of Databases.
7See article 1 of the Council Directive 96/9 on the Legal Protection of.Databases.
8See article 7(1)of the Council Directive 96/9 on the Legal Protection of Databases.
9See article 7(5) of the Council Directive 96/9 on the Legal Protection of Databases.
10See Gcorgie Taylor, The database fight revolution begins Managing Intellcctual Propcrty, London, May 2001, Issue 109, at 18.