Re: Copyright of lists - Response to Mark Reinmiller

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Subject: [CNI-(C)]  Re: Copyright of lists - Response to Mark
Reinmiller
From: Michael Dodson <md06ffsu.edu>;
Date: Sat, January 20, 2007 8:58 am
To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property"
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How about warping it up in a little DRM (digital rights management)
software?

Raymond Dowd wrote:
&gt; Mark -  The case law interpreting the Copyright Act gives you little
> hope for protecting this "sweat of the brow" - your valuable labor - in
> compiling this information.   Remember though, you might be able to keep
> it private in a number of ways and restrict copying and access through
> contractual arrangements.
>  
>;
> Raymond J. Dowd
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&gt; *From CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
> [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHTcni.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark Reinmiller
> *Sent Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:55 PM
> *To CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
&gt; *Subject [CNI-(C)] Re: Copyright of lists
>
> I have been working on publishing a list of date codes based upon
&gt; manufacturer's serial numbers. This would be useful to a certain
> industry and manufacturer's typically do not make this information
> public. I have decoded much of the information myself.
>  From my reading of the recent posts, it appears that no matter how much
> effort I put into developing this information, the information is
>; basically facts and therefore not copyrightable. The format I chose in
> publishing the information may be, but it appears that I would have
&gt; little protection if someone else chose to publish the same information
> in a slightly different format. Is my take on this correct?
&gt; Thanks,
&gt; Mark Reinmiller
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