the basic idea of DMCA - legal prohibition of the basic mental act of analysis - gets more and more widespread. And it seems that emotions, dreams, beliefs can be legally restricted in the same way. We aren't far from the situation when your [unlicensed] believing in the mormon or scientiological god or laughing at some matter/content that the rights-holder doesn't want to be laughed at can be considered an infringement.
> In order to access the [Public Use Data File], users will now be asked to review and agree to a Data Use Agreement (DUA) that spells out specifics of how the data provided in the PUF may be used in accordance with the law.
http://www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov/resources/publicDataStatement...
Users may copy the data, but they can't distribute it.
> Not repost the dataset and only report, disclose or post data from the dataset in connection with statistical reporting or analysis that does not identify any individual or entity.
> Nov. 9 - HRSA restored public access to the database, but as many reports have noted, it comes with a major caveat. According to the website, users of the new database are no longer allowed to combine information gleaned from the public database with any other publicly available information in a way that would identify doctors. Or in other words, the government is now trying to tell the public -- including the press -- what it’s allowed to do with publicly available information.