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Facts cannot be copyrighted, but a unique compilation of facts can be. This became settled law many decades ago with sports almanacs. Furthermore, Maxmind adds
by mike_d 6y ago
Facts cannot be copyrighted, but a unique compilation of facts can be. This became settled law many decades ago with sports almanacs.
Furthermore, Maxmind adds non-factual entries to the database so they can identify it uniquely as their work. Map makers do something similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street