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. -- Clive D.W. Feather | LL.M. Email: [email protected] | Lecturer in IT law at the University of Edinburgh Web: http://www.davros.org Mobile: +44 7973 377646 _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
