[cc-community] This is curious

elliott bledsoe elliott at creativecommons.org.au
Tue Oct 9 20:25:15 EDT 2007


this is the case for america, but not all countries have the same law  
related to rights in databases. for example, here in australia  
copyright exists in the way that data is compiled, which is why the  
telephone book is copyrightable in australia. as such, a cc licence  
on a database here in australia is applicable. you'd really have to  
look at the laws of each country to find out applicability.



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On 10/10/2007, at 10:16 am, Mike Linksvayer wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 16:43 -0500, Eric Norman wrote:
>> I was just led to this website
>>
>>     http://www.publicintegrity.org/telecom/search/default.aspx? 
>> zip=53706
>>
>> and here's what it says:
>>
>> "The datasets in Media Tracker are licensed under a modified Creative
>> Commons license. You may SHARE and REPRODUCE these datasets as long
>> as you provide ATTRIBUTION to the Center for Public Integrity and do
>> so for NON-COMMERCIAL uses."
>>
>> So what's curious?  Well, the datasets that they're talking about are
>> just a compilation of
>> facts.  They're not creative expression.  So what's the deal with a
>> CC license?
>
> Once they've modified a CC license it isn't a CC license anymore.
>
> http://creativecommons.org/policies
>
>> Copyright
>> doesn't apply to facts.  Does the license mean anything at all?
>>
>> Let me put it this way.  I make a copy of their facts and use them
>> for commercial purposes,
>> What can they do about it?
>>
>> Does saying that their facts are offered under their (modified)
>> license override my rights
>> under copyright law?
>
> I'm not qualified to have an opinion, but the Science Commons  
> Databases
> and CC FAQ covers this extensively, see
> http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/databases/
>
>
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