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Re:120M American Households Exposed In 'Massive' ConsumerVie... by njarboe on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:03AM (#15967608)
Generally facts can't be copyrighted. I think a lawsuit about copying the phone book contents is usually given as the basis for that legal precedent.
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Re:120M American Households Exposed In 'Massive' ConsumerVie... by barrkel on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:11AM (#15967635)
Observations of behaviour are not normally isolated to facts, they're integrated to create models of behaviour.

I was specifically giving an example of why your observations don't automatically mean you have ownership today. I'm personally in favour of laws that ensure such observations are more explicitly owned by the observee in corporate scenarios.

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