[WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] CAS Discourages Using SciFinder to Help Curate Wikipedia

[David Gerard]

On 10/03/2008, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:

> The situation is confusing. If accessing these numbers using SciFinder
> is the problem (due to user agreements), there are alternative
> solutions. If claims that the numbers are copyrighted are legitimate,
> it may be a bigger problem. Aside from the issues of database and
> collative copyright, how copyrightable is an identifier of the form
> 74-82-8?


This is one where saying "sue if you feel lucky" is the nuclear option.


- d.