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A comment on Google’s $6B Miscalculation on the EU. Parent comment

Re:Google’s $6B Miscalculation on the EU by tomp on Friday August 07, 2015 @05:57AM (#10021652)
That's not copyright. You can still enforce a licence on the data you provide. E.g. Exchanges do this all the time with market price data.
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Re:Google’s $6B Miscalculation on the EU by Dylan16807 on Friday August 07, 2015 @06:10AM (#10021691)
Sure, you can make licenses, but if someone gets a copy outside of the licensed channel, you have no recourse.
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Re:Google’s $6B Miscalculation on the EU by tomp on Friday August 07, 2015 @06:34AM (#10021739)
Not sure about that... In general, if you buy a stolen car, it's still stolen, and while you won't be held criminally responsible, you'll still lose your money. I guess it's the same with data licences.
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Re:Google’s $6B Miscalculation on the EU by Dylan16807 on Friday August 07, 2015 @08:43AM (#10022090)
It's not really a license on the data. Data licenses are based on copyright laws, and grant permission under them.

Instead it's a contract with a nondisclosure clause, and contracts only bind the participants.

It's also not a trade secret, with access being sold so openly.

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