jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com wrote:
What if we start to write articles about street
and include all the
buildings and boring parts of the streets in the WP or some
subproject, where would it stop? What would protect a database of
streets against such a swarm of fact collectors?
mike
If you're outside the EU, then not a lot. The EU has the concept of
database right, but that does not exist in other part of the world.
Wikipedia is operated under US federal and California (?) state laws,
where mere collections of facts are considered unoriginal and
unprotected.
And taking that a little further: If Google's Terms of Service are in
fact a contract they would include choosing the jurisdiction of
California courts and law, and purport to override Conflict of Laws
legislation.
Ec