[open-science] Canadian federal court of appeal rules: no copyright in data

[Heather Morrison]

Blogpost by Teresas Scassa that may be of interest:
http://www.teresascassa.ca/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=124:federal-court-of-appeal-reminds-government-there-is-no-copyright-in-data

This has implications for open data licenses in Canada. It makes no sense to have a license to waive the copyright in data when no such copyright exists.

best,

Heather G. Morrison
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com