Lester Caine said:
Who owns it is one of the topics of the current litigation. Not exactly ... who the information was copied from is the subject of the litigation. The information itself is 'public domain' and nobody can deny that, the current problem is a compilation of that material does have some protection
Indeed, I was simplifying.
Going forward, there is no problem, but many of us have an interest in the past history, and while the history is public domain, doing the work to collate that information into a single source is what can be copyrighted.
Possibly. See Feist v Rural in the USA.
In this case there is obviously no simple copying, since the information has been expanded and modified to correct mistakes?
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