On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 04:52:56PM -0500, Anthony wrote:
Are these databases copyrightable? Can the Library of
Congress
database be obtained with a Freedom of Information Request?
Databases are inherently not copyrightable (Feist v. Rural).
The LoC is operated for our benefit anyway; I would be very surprised
if they didn't already have some fashion by which you could look stuff
up over the net.
This may be a good start:
http://www.loc.gov/library/
(for anyone who hasn't already seen it...)
Cheers,
-- jra
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