It all depends on the context. Many small websites were threatened with legal action if they displayed more than a couple of weeks' worth of football (soccer) f

It all depends on the context. Many small websites were threatened with legal action if they displayed more than a couple of weeks' worth of football (soccer) fixtures on their site. The claim was that the data was part of a copyrighted database. Luckily (and advsior at) the ECJ saw it differently. I don't think it has been officially challenged in court yet... http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2011/december/football-fixtures-not-protected-by-database-copyright-says-ecj-advisor/#content http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2011/december/football-fi...