Ben Buxton wrote:
Myles Eftos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing:
In which jurisdiction was it that a court determined that a collection
of factual information cannot be copyrighted? It might have been
australia, though I'm not certain.
I would say that the "copyright" on guide data is not concrete (except
for reviews contained within).
BB
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That would be my initial assumption. If no 'work' or 'artistic' input
is contained in the item, there would be nothing to copyright.
Look at it this way, the title of the show, the artists names, the
rating, the length, etc, are all copied into the guide. from the
information supplied by the people who made the show, by the person
preparing the guide. The layout and presentation may be copyrightable,
but that is not being used here, just the info contained within. All
that leaves is the info pertaining to what show is on when. The
schedule. I find it hard to see how that could be copyrightable either.
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