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This is like a re-trial of the famous Supreme Court case that the white pages phone directory cannot be copyrighted. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Pu
by unreal37 7y ago
This is like a re-trial of the famous Supreme Court case that the white pages phone directory cannot be copyrighted.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._R....
Facts are not copyrightable. And a collection of facts are not copyrightable. There has to be some spark of creativity or originality even small.
Wonder what Genius is claiming makes their lyrics "original" compared to what they get from the source...