Re:3taps vs. Craigslist -- Who owns public data?
by benmccann on Saturday September 22, 2012 @01:36AM
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How is this different than Feist v. Rural in your mind? A fact is not copyrightable and is scrapable according to that case. I don't see how having copyrighted content next to non-copyrighted content affords any protection to the non-copyrighted content.
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Re:3taps vs. Craigslist -- Who owns public data?
by tptacek on Saturday September 22, 2012 @10:52AM
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First, Feist says nothing about content being "scrapable". It's a 1991 case. To pull content off Craigslist against their will, you have to cross the CFAA.
Second, phone numbers are raw facts, but advertisements are not; every advertisement ever has been copyrighted, and a whole 11-figure industry depends on that.