This reminds me of when developers were trying to create public transport related apps for Australia (about 4 years ago) and were told that using the timetable

This reminds me of when developers were trying to create public transport related apps for Australia (about 4 years ago) and were told that using the timetable information would be copyright infringement [1]. I'm pretty sure it was worked out in the end as apps are now available with that info, but it seemed absolutely ridiculous at the time that public information, for a public service wasn't in the public domain. [1]: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/05/1235842537210.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/05/1235842537210.html