[open-science] on copyright in databases

[John Wilbanks]

this is not part of the argument over what to *do* with databases, but 
the beginning of a set of posts about the legal background.

mike is on the board of CC, for disclosure's sake. he's a law professor 
at American University in DC, and he was involved in the early stages of 
the original CC licenses back in 2001. this post covers US copyright and 
databases.

http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/2009/02/copyright-in-databases.html

i was recently challenged to provide a "slogan" for data and the best i 
could do was "it's complicated" - unsatisfying, but at least moderately 
accurate.

jtw

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