Re: US Supreme Ct "Feist" Decision

Timothy Arnold-Moore <tja[_at_]kbs.citri.edu.au> writes:
>
> Carl Oppedahl wrote:
> While the courts of countries outside of the US might choose to follow
> Feist, nothing forces them to do so. Perhaps copyright practitioners
> in countries outside the US might wish to comment; I have the
> impression that many countries of Europe continue to protect "sweat of
> the brow", for example.

There is no way that UK law will show any interest in Feist. There are continual issues arising around this type of issue, but it is settled and clear that we will protect much more than you.

I do not like it, and it leads to some nonsense (the present intended database directive), butit will not go away.

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