--- Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> からのメッセ ージ： > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:42:53PM +0200, Martin > Schr�er wrote: > > On 2003-05-28 20:21:55 -0500, Branden Robinson > wrote: > > > Bah, there's no copyright in those lists; just > like there's no copyright > > > in the listings of the phone book. > > > Phone book data _is_ copyrighted in Germany. > > But it shouldn't be. Copyrightability of factual > lists is a stupidity > in kind with software patents, and just like > software patents, we should > ignore such copyright claims unless someone presses > the issue, in order > to avoid legitimizing such an interpretation. > > -- > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer
Small correction. Keep in mind that while facts are not protectable subject matter, the selection and arrangement are entitled to "thin" protection. The Supreme Court case defining the line is the Feist case, FEIST PUBLICATIONS, INC. v. RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE CO., 499 U.S. 340 (1991). There's a nice hyperlinked copy of the opinion at bitlaw, http://www.bitlaw.com/source/cases/copyright/feist.html. -- James Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! BB is Broadband by Yahoo! http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/
