Richard,
Wow that's a big chunk of analysis! I think I understand you, at least
to some extent.
On 23/07/10 14:37, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
- my head hurts.
Same here.
Imagine if several users upload their own PD data to a central server
(imagine it is exclusively PD on this server). Is a database right
automatically created and who owns it? It can't be the contributors
because they waived their IP rights(?). Does the server owner get the
database rights? If so, we can ask them to waive their rights. To what
extent is our mixed licensing situation different?
Yes, a database right exists. The "author" of the database is probably the
person/organisation who created the schema, wrote and enforced the criteria
for acceptance into the database. (You see my point that "the community" may
have a stake in this.)
In that case, is it legally sound if I download my own contribution due,
to database rights? Would this interfere with relicensing of the data?
TimSC
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