On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>: >> First, since the frequency can be construed as a fact, and therefore >> is not copyrightable work of authorship, I'm not particularly >> concerned by this. [If there is a jurisdiction which does construe >> mere compendiums of facts as a work of authorship, we could perhaps >> reconsider this.] > > The European Union has a Database Directive which grants monopoly > rights to the creators of databases, so the prohibition above, which > doesn't mention copyright, could still be effective. Bummer. Now the EU gets stuck with allowing copyrights on the various Genome sequences. I guess the phenomenon of governmentally sanctioned rape of the populace is spreading. Don Armstrong -- Fate and Temperament are two words for one and the same concept. -- Novalis [Hermann Hesse _Demian_] http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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