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Raw data is not typically considered intellectual property.
Information can be. The basic information in the NSI database is raw
data.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin B. Schwimmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 5:18 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: DOJ investigating NSI
>
>
>>From today's Washington Post:
>
>"NSI argues that it has an exclusive right to the database because
the
>company's original agreement with the National Science Foundation
specified
>that it would own any "intellectual property" created by the
>address-registration business. "It's very clear that we have the
rights to
>this data," said NSI spokesman Christopher Clough."
>
>
>
>Mr. Clough, can you please clarify your statement in view of the
Supreme
>Court's Feist decision - specifically, what data in the whois
database
>might rise to be intellectual property?
>
>The fictitious names and addresses would remain the property of the
DN owner.
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