What could it do to Astronomy?
• Most original raw data are produced by government agencies and therefore not copyrighted.
• Most on-line data are heavily processed and could be copyrighted under the new law if they are produced by non-government organizations.
• Which organizations could copyright their databases:
| NASA (including Goddard): | no |
| JPL: | ? |
| ESA: | no (?) |
| ESO: | ? |
| ADS: | no |
| CDS: | ? |
| DAO: | ? |
| NOAO: | ? |
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