For the US, correct [1]. For other countries, YMMV. Edit: e.g. in the UK, sui generis rights apply to a database [2], such that if creation of a database requ

For the US, correct [1]. For other countries, YMMV. Edit: e.g. in the UK, sui generis rights apply to a database [2], such that if creation of a database required "substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents of the database" then someone else cannot copy it and re-publish in another form. This is very different from US law, which requires some "creative originality" to be involved. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._R.... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_generis_database_right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_generis_database_right