Talk page for that is a good place to ask questions on this topic if you want LCA opinions (I have an intern working on one question as a result of it right now). And folks should definitely read it to get a sense of the relevant legal background.
As a more general note/context, everyone working in this area should be aware of a few key points:
your intuitions about copyright may/may not apply, so be careful :/
copyright law has had 100 years, multiple international treaties, and thousands of cases to be refined; database law has 15 years, no international treaties, and a few dozen cases. So clear yes/no answers are going to be hard to come by :/
FYI-
Luis
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