[LEAPSECS] Olsen database taken offline

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Warner Losh said:

> The merits of the case seem weak to me, since database do not have copyright protection.


Actually, they do.


> Facts cannot be copyrighted any more than a telephone book.


In some jurisdictions you can copyright the telephone book. I can't comment
in detail about the case, because that's not my jurisdiction.


> There must be creative content to convey copyright.


The "creative" element can be assembling the facts into a database.


> But I'm no lawyer.


Um.

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