On 10/18/05, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | It's not under copyright - you can't copyright pure data, like > | telephone numbers or contact information. > > Its probably under a "compilation copyright" though.
Indeed. This is why, for example, Linux distribution vendors can prohibit copying of their CDs, even though the individual components of the distribution are not there. The act of compilation (the general term, not the computer usage) is itself often quite labor intensive, and thus deserves certain protections (or so the rationale goes). > Anyway, the DMCA provides copyright protection for all published works, > whether it has the "Copyright (c)..." notation or not. I don't believe this is new with the DMCA. I remember reading about this back in the early 1990s, when I first became concerned with software copyrights. The gist of it was that copyright law provides certain protections from the moment of creation. You don't need to print an explict notice. Nor do you need to register the copyright. Doing either or both does grant you some additional protections/rights, though, and certainly helps a court case. > At any rate, IANAL, so I may be lying through my teeth. Check with > your friendly IP attorney if this is important to you. Ditto. -- Ben "This message is copyright (C) 2005" Scott _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
