[Talk-us] Amazon's Organized College Campus Editing

[Mike Thompson]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 2:57 PM Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the US, it's acceptable to capture factual information (like building
> names, where a road is, phone numbers, websites etc.) from publicly posted
> information.
>
I am not a lawyer (perhaps you are Ian, I forget your background), but my
understanding is that while facts cannot be copyrighted, collections of
facts can be.  So copying all, or a substantial amount, of the information
from another map could be problematic.  In addition, my understanding is
that there are also other ways of protecting such intellectual property
other than copyright, such as licensing.   Any clarification as to your
sources and reasoning would be helpful for my understanding.

Thanks,
Mike
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