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Copyright Protection For Data Obtained By Remote Sensing: How The Data Enhancement Industry Will Ensure Access For Developing Countries, J. Richard West
Copyright Protection For Data Obtained By Remote Sensing: How The Data Enhancement Industry Will Ensure Access For Developing Countries, J. Richard West
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The use of remote sensing of the earth by satellite has grown tremendously since the United States launched the first such satellite, Landsat 1, in 1972. In 1984, the Land Remote Sensing Commercialization Act began the gradual transfer of the United States Landsat program to the private sector. The Earth Observation Satellite Company (EOSAT) is the private operator licensed pursuant to the Act, and is preparing to launch the first privately-operated remote sensing satellite, Landsat 6, in 1991. The Commercialization Act requires operators to make raw data available to all users on a nondiscriminatory basis, but it does not preclude …