Warner Losh said:
> The merits of the case seem weak to me, since database do not have copyright 
> protection.

Actually, they do.

> Facts cannot be copyrighted any more than a telephone book.

In some jurisdictions you can copyright the telephone book. I can't comment
in detail about the case, because that's not my jurisdiction.

> There must be creative content to convey copyright.

The "creative" element can be assembling the facts into a database.

> But I'm no lawyer.

Um.

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