Roberto <robe...@zenvoid.org> writes: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:14:32AM +0100, Ole Streicher wrote: >> Then (and may be more important): These files are not copyrightable ad >> all, since they are natural data; they describe *facts*. As one can't >> copyright the distance to the moon, one can't copyright the details of >> earth rotation. > > A collection of facts can have a copyright even if the facts themselves > can not. This is known as the Directive 96/9/EC on the EU.
That is generally not true for scientific databases: When the entries are selected by objective criteria (which is the common case for such databases), the database is not copyrightable. Best Ole
