On 6 Oct 2011, at 2034, Warner Losh wrote: > The issue, in a nutshell, is that the Olsen database took facts from a book, > transformed them in format and placed them into electronic form. The > reaction likely is one of an abundance of caution: STFU and stop if you are > sued. > > The merits of the case seem weak to me, since database do not have copyright > protection. Facts cannot be copyrighted any more than a telephone book.
It's not as simple as that in EU law, and it appears not to be in US law. See http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/database.html --- the test for information being copyrightable is high, but not unattainable. ian _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
