Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-09 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 03:52:15PM -0400, Chloe Hoffman wrote: Also, note that at least Australia and England extend copyright protection to industrious collections (i.e., 'sweat of the brow' databases such as white pages). Has anyone bothered to copyright large prime numbers discovered by

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-06 Thread Florian Weimer
* Matthew Palmer: Wrong for Germany. Our analogue of copyright law does cover databases. Mechanical compilations, as well as those requiring creative effort? Mechanical compilations as well. Of course, most of our codified moral rights don't apply to them. 8-)

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-06 Thread Chloe Hoffman
/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2002/112.html?query=%7e+desktop+marketing) in England - see many English cases cited in Desktop Marketing From: Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Legal debian-legal@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data? Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 05:35:12

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-05 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
tom wrote: In UE we have a directive on database, and it says that there's not copyright on database but there's a new IP right called sui generis. The difference is that it covers less rights than copyright (remember in the european version e.g. droit d'auter) and for less time. The EU

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-05 Thread Florian Weimer
* Jacobo Tarrio: O Domingo, 4 de Xullo de 2004 ás 20:54:48 +0100, Andrew Suffield escribía: They may be covered by database property laws in some jurisdictions. ... which are not Copyright or Intellectual Property laws [...] Wrong for Germany. Our analogue of copyright law does cover

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-05 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 05:35:12AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: * Jacobo Tarrio: O Domingo, 4 de Xullo de 2004 ?s 20:54:48 +0100, Andrew Suffield escrib?a: They may be covered by database property laws in some jurisdictions. ... which are not Copyright or Intellectual Property laws

Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread Benjamin Cutler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ok, more digging around for a useful emulation related program that's unencumbered by non-free crap. I think I found one called ucon64[0], self-billed as the 'Swiss Army Knife of emulation utilities'. I've actually been using it for a while and for

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 01:42:22PM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: running ucon64 over said directories). Are they still covered by copyright law in that case? Thoughts? Debian itself doesn't include copyright licenses in all its directory listings and package lists -- including those with

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 01:42:22PM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: However, on the same site, they have several zip files that are basically rom databases produced by running the program on directories full of ROMs, allowing you to match ROM images by their checksums. I'd like to package those

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
Benjamin Cutler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyway... the program itself is GPL, no problems there. However, on the same site, they have several zip files that are basically rom databases produced by running the program on directories full of ROMs, allowing you to match ROM images by their checksums.

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
O Domingo, 4 de Xullo de 2004 ás 20:54:48 +0100, Andrew Suffield escribía: They may be covered by database property laws in some jurisdictions. ... which are not Copyright or Intellectual Property laws, so Debian would treat them in the same way it treats, for example, patents or trademarks.

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread tom
--- Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 01:42:22PM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: However, on the same site, they have several zip files that are basically rom databases produced by running the program on directories full of ROMs, allowing you to match ROM images

Re: Copyright on 'non-creative' data?

2004-07-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 10:26:00PM +0200, Jacobo Tarrio wrote: O Domingo, 4 de Xullo de 2004 ás 20:54:48 +0100, Andrew Suffield escribía: They may be covered by database property laws in some jurisdictions. ... which are not Copyright or Intellectual Property laws, so Debian would treat