Specifically I cite the historical perspective as laid out by their general counsel, and not the entire bill. I will read this case.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Robert Rohde <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > Who owns the copyright for the selection, coordination or arrangement of > the > > dumps? > > > > http://www.copyright.gov/docs/regstat092303.html > > > > You are citing a proposed bill from 2003-04 that never made it to the > floor for a vote. > > To the more general point, I would personally argue that Feist v. > Rural [1] applies to the dumps and the selection / arrangement is > ineligible for copyright. Hence, in my opinion, there is no copyright > for the dump as a whole, though the individual articles in contains > are certainly eligible for copyright. > > -Robert Rohde > > [1] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Telephone_Service > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- You have successfully failed! _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
