Copyright Ruling On Publishing Calculated Results: Common Sense Breaks Out

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @02:25AM from the but-then-I'd-have-to-kill-you dept.

bfwebster writes "During the past few years, I served as an IT expert witness in BanxCorp v. Costco et al., in which BanxCorp sued Costco and Capital One for citing (with credit) its web-published national averages for CD and money market rates in their advertising. Judge Kenneth M. Karas issued his summary judgment opinion last fall, finding that BanxCorp's published averages are 'uncopyrightable facts' due to the simple calculation involved and the lack of ongoing human judgment in what banks were involved. Here is my summary of his findings, along with a link to the actual ruling."

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Average by James+McGuigan · 2014-02-25 02:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Its a rather average ruling
1. Re:Average by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-25 02:39 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Don't be mean.
2. Re:Average by interkin3tic · 2014-02-25 05:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It's pretty normal for slashdot.
Re:Bad news for Wolfram alpha by Opportunist · 2014-02-25 03:02 · Score: 5, Informative

They can claim all they want. Law trumps contract.

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