Intellectual property protection of fact-based works copyright and its alternatives edited by Robert F. Brauneis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Feist, facts and functions : historical perspective / Miriam Bitton -- The debate over copyright in news and ifs effect on originality doctrine / Robert F. Braunels -- Of silos and constellations : comparing notions of originality in copyright law / Elizabeth F. Judge and Daniel J. Gervais -- Two fallacies about copyrighting factual compilations / Michael Steven Green -- Speaking of the world : fact, opinion and the originality standard of copyright / Alan L. Durham -- Created facts and their awkward place in copyright law / Justin Hughes -- Copyright and convergence : a pragmatic perspective / David McGowan -- The challenge of protecting trade secret information in a digital world / Elizabeth A. Rowe -- The third party problem : assessing the protection of information through tort law / Sharon K. Sandeen -- The componentization of information / Kristen Osenga.