On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:09 AM, David Woolley <[email protected]> wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: >>> >>> someone else. >> >> This may be a touch off-topic for this list, but . . . why would you want >> to grant someone the ability to prohibit others from using *facts* by the >> simple expedient of (for instance) alphabetizing a list of facts? That's >> insane. In a time when even the ability to maintain a monopoly over >> things that have been *created* is becoming controversial, someone >> asserting a monopoly over information that has been *found* seems quite >> regressive and, frankly, harmful. >> > > Database copyrights are not like patents. As long as you obtain the fact > independently, you can publish them. Telephone directories and maps have > bogus entries to help detect whether a competing compilation is truly > independent. > Darn it! I was still hoping to get my copy of "Flags Up!" by Lillian Mountweazel.....
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