On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 07:43:59PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote:
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> (The other common case in the USA is road maps.  A simple 'lines following 
> their geographic contours, labeled' is a set of facts.  One result of this 
> is that most road maps in the US either are missing some minor roads, or 
> have minor roads on them that don't exist.  It makes them copyrightable.)

This tactic has been used by dictionary publishers as well.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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