[Talk-us] sweat of the brow & sui generis database rights | Re: Interested in importing address points in New York State

[Russell Nelson]

On 7/16/20 10:33 AM, Rory McCann wrote:
> On 16/07/2020 13:35, Russell Nelson wrote:
>> As you say, it's just a listing of facts about the world. At most the 
>> presentation of them is copyrightable, but as Skyler noted, he's 
>> changing the presentation.
>>
>> No license needed for facts.
>
> Remember, that might the law in the USA, but not in the whole world, 
> including the UK, where (lots of) the OSM servers & legal body is 
> based, which can have the  “sweat of the brow” doctrine, rather than 
> the higher  “creativity” requirement. In addition, many countries 
> (incl. EU & UK) have “sui generis database rights”, which give 
> copyright like protections to collections of facts. OSM uses that 
> legal protection.
>
Context: New York State.