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Yeah, things may differ b/w countries. But the Wikipedia article you linked mentions this: > In regard to collections of facts, O'Connor wrote that copyright c
by esjeon 4y ago
Yeah, things may differ b/w countries. But the Wikipedia article you linked mentions this:
> In regard to collections of facts, O'Connor wrote that copyright can apply only to the creative aspects of collection: the creative choice of what data to include or exclude, the order and style in which the information is presented, etc.—not to the information itself.
So, a list of facts still can be creative and valuable to the society. INAL, but such works should be protected by copyright, or what's the point of copyright in the first place.
- ars 4y agoCopyright is not like patents. If you arrive at the same result, by a different method, then even if the result is identical, there is no copyright violation. So "the creative choice of what data to include or exclude, the order and style in which the information is presented, etc." is very weak. You can copy all the data, and then make your own choice on what to include (for example "everything I can find"), and you would not be violating the copyright. The quote you gave is for things like making artwork based on certain patterns or letters in the data. But it won't help you if your creative choice is "everything" because there is no creativity there. > So, a list of facts still can be creative and valuable to the society A list of facts is not creative, it's simply work. And yes, it might be valuable, but that's not how we decide if something is copyrightable. > or what's the point of copyright in the first place. For creativity, rather than effort.
- zarzavat 4y agoWhat that means is that if you write a list of e.g. “Top 10 tennis players in my opinion”, then you can hold copyright over that. But if you write “Top 10 tennis players by rating” then you can’t as that’s not a creative expression.