This is an excellent explanation, and gels with what I've understood on the topic. The most relevant case I know is Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Servi

This is an excellent explanation, and gels with what I've understood on the topic. The most relevant case I know is Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Telephone_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Tel... in which it was determined legal for one phonebook to copy the listings of another in order to create an aggregate directory.