On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Martijn Hoekstra <martijnhoeks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no dog in this race, but facts are not eligible for copyright > protection. > > Martijn, individual facts aren't eligible for copyright, but substantial compilations of facts are. The concept you are missing is "database rights": https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilegal/Database_Rights 'Databases may be protected by US copyright law as "compilations." In the EU, databases are protected by the Database Directive <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_Directive>, which defines a database as "a collection of independent works, data or other materials arranged in a systematic or methodical way and individually accessible by electronic or other means."' That page (including the above quote) was written by WMF Legal. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
