If at First You Don't Succeed, Stop!: Proposed Legislationto Set Up New Intellectual Property Right in Facts Themselves.

Presents information on the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act introduced by several U.S. representatives, including Howard Coble (R-N.C.) and Jim Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.). List of organizations that support the bill, such as the Consumers Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation; Provisions of the legislation; Implications of the bill for the information professional community.