2009/10/10 Ian Eiloart <[email protected]> > > > Yes, there is no such thing as "intellectual copyright". I think they > > mean "intellectual property". > > And, there's not really any such thing as "intellectual property", > either. There are laws regarding copyright, patents and trademarks, > but they are quite disparate categories. In the case of postcodes, > none of these laws are, I think, relevant. What are relevant are the > terms of licenses that apply, and that's contract law. > > You can't copyright facts about the world, even if you defined those > facts. Copyright only applies to a particular presentation of those > facts. Any relevant patents will be expired by now. And clearly > trademarks aren't relevant either.
Not entirely true, I'm afraid. In the EU we have a specific "database right" that is a codified intellectual property right over collections of facts, even where those facts are self-evidently not copyrightable on their own. -- Owen Blacker, London GB Say no to ID cards: www.no2id.net Get your mits off my bits: www.openrightsgroup.org Become a patron of TheyWorkForYou: www.pledgebank.com/twfypatrons -- Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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