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NAL and the only information I have is from a 2 credit intellectual property class I took in college, but facts (like dollar amounts) are not copyrightable, but
by renlo 6y ago
NAL and the only information I have is from a 2 credit intellectual property class I took in college, but facts (like dollar amounts) are not copyrightable, but curated collections of facts (like an almanac) are copyrightable. It seems this would fall under the latter category. Also from the LinkedIn - hiQ Labs lawsuit, it seems that unfair business practices are factored in. Google is implementing unfair business practices that stifle competition by taking the data to make a competing product.
- mfer 6y agoIANAL either. But, there is a difference between taking a straight dollar amount (a fact) and description written that includes the fact. If all Google did was display the dollar estimate that would be one thing. They go beyond that to include textual content pulled directly from sites.
- hyperdimension 6y agoThank you for not saying 'IANAL.' I can't help but to read it, uh, the 'other' way, and I always think "well there's nothing wrong with that, but why bring it up here?"