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Facts can't be copyrighted. There's no problem with redistributing the data.
by btmorex 17y ago
Facts can't be copyrighted. There's no problem with redistributing the data.
- shabda 17y agoFacts and ideas can't be copyrighted, but their expression and structure can. http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html This is definitely a copyright violation, and I am shocked and enraged that this was voted so highly on HN and not flagged. [Edits] 1. The standard "Recipes and collection of recipes" argument. This is a collection of recipes. 2. I am not shocked that there is a copyright violation. I am shocked that such an egregious violation has been voted so highly on HN. We are all digital workers on HN, and such disregard for digital work is (still) shocking.
- davidu 17y agoEnraged? Your reaction doesn't fit the crime, as is so often the case with copyright.
- hxa7241 17y agoIt is ill-regard of the system, not disregard of the work.
- muerdeme 17y agoExpression/structure can be copyrighted, but that's also not the whole story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Telephone_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Tel... If this document merely lists the keywords in ascending/descending order of popularity, it is unlikely that the author's expression is creative enough to warrant copyright.
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoFWIW in the UK (and Europe I think) there are database rights too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_rights Where copyright is termed so as to protect a unique arrangement of data then an ordered listing would appear to be protected.