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IANAL, but it is my understanding that you own the copyright on the modifications you make when creating a derivative work, regardless of whether or not the der
by jcl 17y ago
IANAL, but it is my understanding that you own the copyright on the modifications you make when creating a derivative work, regardless of whether or not the derivative work is itself a copyright violation.
- xsmasher 17y agoBut if the original work was a collection of facts that is not protected by copyright, then your derivative work might not be protected by copyright either. Lists of facts are not protected by copyright in the US.
- fatdog789 17y agoList of facts are copyrightable in Europe, where this developer, his competitor, and the transit agency in question are located.
- fatdog789 17y agoLast I checked, the UK was not part of the United States, so this discussion is irrelevant. Europe's laws on derivative works differ greatly from American laws.
- joe_the_user 17y agoThis is true but mostly an abuse of copyright protections in my opinion. Look at how Westlaw gained private control over the dissemination of public legal decisions through standardizing and copyrighting their presentation of those decisions. I happy see people lose at putting up copyright gates of this sort, whatever legal right they might have.