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If that were true, your "observations" of a movie would give you the right to reproduce it, and that's not the case today.
by barrkel 9y ago
If that were true, your "observations" of a movie would give you the right to reproduce it, and that's not the case today.
- njarboe 9y agoGenerally facts can't be copyrighted. I think a lawsuit about copying the phone book contents is usually given as the basis for that legal precedent.
- barrkel 9y agoObservations of behaviour are not normally isolated to facts, they're integrated to create models of behaviour. I was specifically giving an example of why your observations don't automatically mean you have ownership today. I'm personally in favour of laws that ensure such observations are more explicitly owned by the observee in corporate scenarios.