Re: Not copyrighting facts (RE: copyrighting FACTS???)

[Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@realmeasures.dyndns.org>]

"Joseph J. Esposito" wrote:
 
> The bill does not grant copyright status to facts in the database.  That
> is simply wrong.  The bill says you can't copy a database someone else put
> together, but nothing stops anyone from independently aggregating the same
> facts.

Even more bizarre is the repeating of the exact same stratagem in reply. 
The bill is giving copyright-like protections to facts contained in
databases.  That's the whole point of it -- create exclusive rights to facts
in databases.

Seth Johnson