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Facts are not copyrightable. Compilations of facts may be copyrightable. Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991).
by micks56 17y ago
Facts are not copyrightable. Compilations of facts may be copyrightable. Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991).
- bkrausz 17y agoThanks for the info. I'm mostly more concerned with privacy laws than copyright, since I think those laws are much more applicable here.
- micks56 17y agoOh, OK. I can't comment on your facts specifically, so the links below just deal with privacy in general. For an introduction to the issues and the laws, read this law review article. Michael Froomkin, Cyberspace and Privacy: A New Legal Paradigm? The Death of Privacy?, 52 STAN. L. REV. 1461 (2000). http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/privacy-deathof.pdf http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/privacy-deathof.... This case deals with exceeding authorized access on a website: Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., 302 F.3d 868 (9th Cir. 2002) http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case32.cfm http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case32.cfm