On 4/26/98, Russell G. Cofano <russc[_at_]cofanogroup.com> wrote:
>
> In previous posts, there was discussion concerning copyright of
> numbers in the ADA case. How about this scenario?
>
> A real estate broker enters into a listing agreement with a home
> seller. The seller, with broker's help, elects to sell the house
> at $200,000. Listing Broker enters the listing in the local
> multiple listing service computer database. Is the list price
> copyrighted (for now, forget about who would own the copyright)?
No. The price is not protected by copyright. At the same time, it is entirely possible that you could gin up a copyright infringement case out of the unauthorized access to the MLS database which enabled the unauthorized publication of the listing price.
John Noble
<jnoble[_at_]dgsys.com>
Received on Mon Apr 27 1998 - 21:34:16 GMT
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