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Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES TODAY!! Librarians, educators, researchers and scientists were instrumental in stopping recent efforts to bring H.R. 2652 to a vote; we must do so again NOW. Thanks to all who have heeded the call. Please do so again. It's now more important than ever!!! THANK YOU! Katy Poole Chair, Public Policy Committee ------- Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 12:03:10 -0400 From: ALAWASH E-MAIL (ALAWASH E-MAIL) <[log in to unmask]> To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <[log in to unmask]> Subject: ALAWON v7, n50 - ACTION ALERT: DATABASE BILL AGAIN TUES. 5/19 ================================================================= ALAWON Volume 7, Number 50 ISSN 1069-7799 May 18, 1998 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: (97 lines) URGENT ACTION ALERT: ONCE AGAIN, DANGEROUS DATABASE LEGISLATION IS SCHEDULED FOR HOUSE FLOOR ON TUESDAY, MAY 19; YOUR CONGRESSIONAL CALLS ARE CRITICAL! _________________________________________________________________ URGENT ACTION ALERT: ONCE AGAIN, DANGEROUS DATABASE LEGISLATION IS SCHEDULED FOR HOUSE FLOOR ON TUESDAY, MAY 19; YOUR CONGRESSIONAL CALLS ARE CRITICAL! ACTION NEEDED: For the third time in three weeks, H.R. 2652, the Collections of Information Antipiracy Act, is scheduled under House suspension rules for tomorrow afternoon, May 19 (see BACKGROUND below). H.R. 2652 could profoundly affect public and private access to information. However, since this over broad and unjustified bill must pass with two-thirds of the vote, H.R. 2652 could be defeated by less than 150 Representatives. Librarians, educators, researchers and scientists were instrumental in stopping recent efforts to bring H.R. 2652 to a vote; we must do so again NOW. Thanks to all who have heeded the call. Please do so again. It's now more important than ever!!! * Please call the U.S. Capitol switchboard IMMEDIATELY at 202-224-3121; * Ask for your member of the House of Representatives by name; * Once connected, ask for the staff member who handles copyright issues; * Tell them that you OPPOSE H.R. 2652 and that you urge your Representative to VOTE -NO- ON H.R. 2652 when it comes to the House floor; * Refer them to the ALA Washington office for more details (202-628-8410). BACKGROUND: On May 19 the House of Representatives will debate and vote on H.R. 2652, the Collection of Information Antipiracy Act, under a procedure that requires it to pass with a two-thirds majority that usually reserved for non-controversial bills. (Note: This special procedure, called suspension of the rules, is used in the House to speed up action by setting aside the regular rules. Bills brought up under this process are debated for 40 minutes, may not be amended and require a two-thirds vote.) H.R. 2652 is backed by the relatively small, but very powerful, group of companies of the Information Industry Association (e.g., West Publishing, Reed-Elsevier and others). They are seeking sweeping new legal protection for databases that would restrict access to and excerpting of their factual compilations, even if those compilations did NOT qualify for copyright protection. Moreover, the definition of a protected database in the bill is so broad that almost any collection of information -- even if entirely gathered from the public domain -- would be entitled to this new protection. The legislation contains no meaningful fair use-type exceptions. H.R. 2652 is strongly OPPOSED by ALA, every other major national library and educational organization, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Research Council, the Information Technology Association of America, Dun & Bradstreet, and the several hundred member companies of the Commercial Internet Exchange. _________________________________________________________________ ALAWON is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. To subscribe, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc @ala.org. To unsubscribe, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to [log in to unmask] ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/ washoff/alawon. Visit our Web site at http://www.alawash.org. ALA Washington Office 202.628.8410 (V) 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #403 202.628.8419 (F) Washington, DC 20004-1701 800.941.8478 (V) Lynne E. Bradley, Editor <[log in to unmask]> Deirdre Herman, Managing Editor <[log in to unmask]> Contributors: Adam Eisgrau All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. ================================================================= ------- End of Forwarded Message