On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:42:53PM +0200, Martin Schröder wrote: > On 2003-05-28 20:21:55 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Bah, there's no copyright in those lists; just like there's no copyright > > in the listings of the phone book. > Phone book data _is_ copyrighted in Germany. But it shouldn't be. Copyrightability of factual lists is a stupidity in kind with software patents, and just like software patents, we should ignore such copyright claims unless someone presses the issue, in order to avoid legitimizing such an interpretation. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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