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On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Emanuel Winocur <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, I am overwhelmed with the quantity of emails send to me by > many members. I not longer can deal with this!~! PLEASE DELETE ME FROM THE > LIST OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION'S. > Emanuel M. Winocur > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- From: "André Schnabel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 9:53 AM > Subject: Re: Hunspell dictionaries are not just words lists (+ other > matters) > > >> Hi Rob, >> >> Am 07.11.2011 16:51, schrieb Rob Weir: >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Andre Schnabel<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The jurisdiction of the creator only matters in the case of local >>> infringement or in the context of international treaties. And I don't >>> believe any treaties have recognized sui generis IP rights for >>> collections of facts, i.e., databases. It has been discussed but >>> there is no agreement. See the WIPO statement on this: >>> >>> http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/activities/databases.html >> >> This is not a statement on IP rights for databases - it is a statement on >> IP rights for >> *Non-Original Databases* . >> >> We obviously disagree on this part of the text: >> " The originality requirement that a database must constitute an >> intellectual creation >> by reason of the selection or arrangement of its contents in order to >> enjoy copyright >> protection means that some databases are not protected ..." >> >> So obviously some databases actually are protected. Of course - if you >> think, that a >> dictionary is just a mere collection of words you would obviously come to >> the >> conclusion that this is no intellectual creation. >> >> btw ... if IBM does have dictionaries available, why don't you just >> publish those, if >> there is no copyright protection in place? Doing so would end this >> discussion very >> quickly andwould be a great contribution to the project. >> >> regards, >> >> André > >
