extraction. Intellectual property. The transfer of data from a database from the server where the database resides to a different computer or medium. “ ‘Extraction’ is something of a misnomer, given that the extracted contents will remain on the original database, and are accordingly copied from, not removed from, it. It is also somewhat illogical […]
certification authority. An organization that issues digital certificates and maintains a database of certificates available on the Internet. • Many states have licensing laws for certification authorities. — Abbr. CA. — Also termed certifying authority.
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Intellectual property. The transfer of data from a database from the server where the database resides to a different computer or medium.
screen-scraping, n. Intellectual property. The practice of extracting data directly from one website and displaying it on another website. • The source website’s database is not used — only the display. Screen-scraping may infringe the extracted website-owner’s copyright in the contents. — screen-scrape, vb.
sweatwork. Slang. A compilation, esp. a searchable computer database, that does not qualify for U.S. copyright protection because the underlying facts are not copyrightable and the compilation is not a nontrivial arrangement. • New forms of intellectual-property laws are aimed at protecting the “sweat-of-the-brow” investment that goes into compiling databases. Cf. SWEAT-OF-THE-BROW DOCTRINE E.
WIPO Copyright Treaty. A 1996 treaty that made changes in the Berne Convention in light of the TRIPs Agreement and dealt with new copyright issues raised by the emergence of the Internet and other digital tech-nology. • The WIPO Treaty expressly protects computer software and databases and expressly excludes from protection “ideas, procedures, methods of
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