From hadley at rice.edu  Wed Apr  4 00:36:30 2012
From: hadley at rice.edu (Hadley Wickham)
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:36:30 -0500
Subject: [Rd] R datasets ownership(copyright) and license
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> I would expect such rationality (factual data not being copyrightable) in
> the US, Canada, Europe and Australasia, so they're not likely an issue. ?And
> I doubt any such country would try to impose their laws on someone living
> and working elsewhere. ?In many parts of Asia, where I have lived and worked
> at least, copyright violation is rampant, and the perpetrators face no real
> consequences; at least none I could see.

My understanding is that rationality is not the case in Europe - see
e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_Directive.

Hadley


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[Rd] R datasets ownership(copyright) and license
Hadley Wickham