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

[Chris Howie]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/03/2008, Chris Howie <cdhowie at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:11 PM,  <WJhonson at 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.  :)

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