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Because they built the app... They aren't copyrighting the data. They're copyrighting their app.
by that_guy_iain 4y ago
Because they built the app... They aren't copyrighting the data. They're copyrighting their app.
- kuschku 4y agoAn app that's a thin wrapper around public data. Apps like this have sued the public weather services in multiple EU countries to take down the official apps, e.g., https://www.dwd.de/DE/presse/pressemitteilungen/DE/2020/20200312_bgh_urteil_news.html https://www.dwd.de/DE/presse/pressemitteilungen/DE/2020/2020... Fuck private weather apps.
- that_guy_iain 4y ago> Apps like this have sued the public weather services in multiple EU countries to take down the official apps, e.g., https://www.dwd.de/DE/presse/pressemitteilungen/DE/2020/2020 https://www.dwd.de/DE/presse/pressemitteilungen/DE/2020/2020... Very important note here. The DWD was found by the highest court in Germany to be acting illegally.
- kuschku 4y agoI'm arguing that the law itself is wrong here. I don't see any value in dozens of different, bad, private apps rehashing the same weather report data. That the law values the rights of those companies to rent-seek higher than the right of citizens to be informed is extremely dangerous. The same reasoning could be applied to news, laws, or even firefighting. Some services should just be provided by the state and not by private companies.