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Facts are not copyrightable

Facts are not copyrightable

Posted Feb 16, 2012 15:57 UTC (Thu) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784)
In reply to: Facts are not copyrightable by Seegras
Parent article: Gray areas in software licensing

The relevant term (in at least some European jurisdictions) is "database rights".


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Facts are not copyrightable

Posted Feb 16, 2012 16:14 UTC (Thu) by etiennez (guest, #53056) [Link]

Which is copyright + Sui generis rights (= a lot of maybes)

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/bu...

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