On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/03/2008, Chris Howie cdhowie@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:11 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
That CAS has assigned a number to a chemical is a fact, and that number as a fact, enjoys no copyright.
I have recorded a song digitally, and as such it is a really long number. It is a fact that that number represents my song and uniquely identifies it. Now go tell the courts that you can distribute that number to whomever you please. I don't disagree with you on this point, but it's not a particularly strong argument you make.
You've raised and demolished a straw man here. CAS cannot in fact claim copyright on the numerical match, and if they pushed it people would leave them en masse.
Apparently I don't know enough about this to comment then, and I should probably bow out of the discussion with whatever shred of dignity I have left. :)