[Foundation-l] copyright question about data

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

Well, the new work is copyrighted but the works it's using are still 
public domain and can be re-used at will.

Cordialement,

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Doctorant
CERSA - CNRS, Paris 2
http://soufron.free.fr

Le 12 avr. 05, à 01:21, Cormac Lawler a écrit :

> On Apr 11, 2005 11:42 PM, Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> As far as I understand it, these figures would be derivative works 
>> from
>> public domain works... and their author would get copyright !
>>
Cordialement,

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Doctorant
CERSA - CNRS, Paris 2
http://soufron.free.fr
>>
>
> Yes, that is right, the person/organisation that compiled the data
> gets credit for their work - it is in the public domain but we still
> need to reference the source. The same goes for graphs - a
> representation of data is itself copyright, though you can make your
> own graph from the data and refer to the source, ie. World Bank, UNDP
> or whatever. Correct me if I am wrong..
> Cormac
>
>
>> Le 11 avr. 05, à 23:42, Edward Peschko a écrit :
>>
>>> hey all,
>>>
>>> sorry if this is a FAQ - and I'm not sure if this question belongs in
>>> this
>>> mailing list - but since it concerns the legal side of the fence wrt
>>> wikipedia contributions here goes:
>>>
>>> What's the legal status of data retrieved from non-public domain
>>> sources?
>>>
>>> I understand that text that is retrieved from copyrighted materials 
>>> is
>>> copyrighted, but how about data and figures that deal with common
>>> interest
>>> topics? Can you really copyright the amount of wheat grown in a year 
>>> in
>>> bangladesh, or the number of accidents in a year on california roads?
>>>
>>>
>>> And how about graphs? Is data that is extrapolated from graphs and
>>> used in derivative graphs considered a 'creative work' of its own?
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd think so, but I just want to be sure..
>>>
>>> Ed
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