[Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 85, Issue 52

[MZMcBride]

WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
> It's my understanding that "sweat of the brown" does not create a
> copyright at all. That was the entire argument behind the claim that
> phonebooks had no copyright protection. Similarly pure indexes have no
> copyright protection since they exhibit no  creativity at all. Bad news
> for indexers.

It depends on the country (as Thomas said). This was the major issue behind
the National Portrait Gallery drama in 2009. The UK and other European
countries do count "sweat of the brow" labors as eligible for copyright
while the U.S. does not.

MZMcBride