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Old 08-01-2012, 08:12 AM   #273
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Originally Posted by latepaul View Post
Copyright can consist in aggregations of publically available data - the usual example is a telephone directory. You're not breaking copyright to copy a single number but to copy the book as is you are.
Not in the U.S. The telephone directory is the explicit case given where there is no copyright. See Feist vs. Rural

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_v._Rural

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