Re the decision you cite it seems to be spurious. The notion of whether the data is factual or not is irrelevant. Was the presentation copied?
>would mean that no one could ever reproduce or copy actual facts without risk of reproducing a false fact
Unless they actual did some work and checked the facts rather than making a slavish, infringing, copy of someone else's work.
>If such were the law, information could never be reproduced or widely disseminated"
For limited terms of never (not limited enough mind you but nonetheless limited).
This is interesting though - if you can copy facts with impunity then can't I copy the "fact" of the score for Katy Perry's Firework for example?
Re the decision you cite it seems to be spurious. The notion of whether the data is factual or not is irrelevant. Was the presentation copied?
>would mean that no one could ever reproduce or copy actual facts without risk of reproducing a false fact
Unless they actual did some work and checked the facts rather than making a slavish, infringing, copy of someone else's work.
>If such were the law, information could never be reproduced or widely disseminated"
For limited terms of never (not limited enough mind you but nonetheless limited).
This is interesting though - if you can copy facts with impunity then can't I copy the "fact" of the score for Katy Perry's Firework for example?