We have talked informally to some lawyers, some of them specialists in the relevant fields. Basically the understanding I was previously describing was confirmed, but more importantly there has been only a small number of cases testing out the implementation of the European database directive (and the ECJs cases were curtailing the scope of the sui generis protection, see British Horseracing Board v William Hill, Fixtures v Oy Vekkaus, and others).
The US situation is much simpler, as there are no such database rights, and also the Feist v Rural case, which constraints rights on such data widely. But besides that, yes, we also have formally requested an assessment on the discussed topics (and a bit beyond) from lawyers, but this will take a while until we have the results. Once we have them we will share them. Cheers, Denny 2012/12/12 Sven <svenmangu...@gmail.com> > The WMF has lawyers. Why not ask Geoff for an official statement? > > Sven > > > On Dec 12, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Harry Burt <jarry1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (sorry, don't have the proper subject line to hand) > > Are proper lawyers being consulted about this (database rights)? The > quantity of unofficial speculation on this list is in good faith but still > somewhat concerning... > > Harry > > -- > Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > > -- Project director Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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