RE: Re: Copyright of lists (UNCLASSIFIED)

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Well if the codes themselves were copyrightable, the companies themselves would own the copyright and your use might constitute infringement. This would seem to constitute a nice non-digital equivalent to decompilation cases.

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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Mark Reinmiller Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:55 PM To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Copyright of lists

I have been working on publishing a list of date codes based upon manufacturer's serial numbers. This would be useful to a certain industry and manufacturer's typically do not make this information public. I have decoded much of the information myself. From my reading of the recent posts, it appears that no matter how much effort I put into developing this information, the information is basically facts and therefore not copyrightable. The format I chose in publishing the information may be, but it appears that I would have little protection if someone else chose to publish the same information in a slightly different format. Is my take on this correct? Thanks,
Mark Reinmiller

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Caveats: NONE Received on Fri Jan 19 2007 - 04:30:45 GMT