[mythtv-users] Re: EPG in Australia?

[Ben Buxton]

Myles Eftos [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered the following thing:
  I don't think that's correct. The other way is to use the OzTivo guide
  data which does not have copyright issues. And it's free, unlike
  IceTV's data.
 
 But how are they getting the data in the first place? Surely if the tv
 stations are copyrighting the material, then OzTivo (And IceTV's for
 that matter) is copyrighted as well?
 
 Copying it out of the TV Guide doesn't constitute copyright free...

In which jurisdiction was it that a court determined that a collection
of factual information cannot be copyrighted? It might have been
australia, though I'm not certain.

I would say that the copyright on guide data is not concrete (except
for reviews contained within).

BB

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Re: [mythtv-users] Re: EPG in Australia?

[ffrr]

Ben Buxton wrote:


Myles Eftos [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered the following thing:
 


In which jurisdiction was it that a court determined that a collection
of factual information cannot be copyrighted? It might have been
australia, though I'm not certain.

I would say that the copyright on guide data is not concrete (except
for reviews contained within).

BB

 






That would be my initial assumption.  If no 'work' or 'artistic' input 
is contained in the item, there would be nothing to copyright.


Look at it this way, the title of the show, the artists names, the 
rating, the length, etc, are all copied into the guide. from the 
information supplied by the people who made the show, by the person 
preparing the guide.   The layout and presentation may be copyrightable, 
but that is not being used here, just the info contained within.   All 
that leaves is the info pertaining to what show is on when.  The 
schedule.I find it hard to see how that could be copyrightable either.

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