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Originally Posted by Learninglate
So then, does this mean someone could just go to ReferenceUSA, get the information, change the order in which it is presented and resell it?
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Originally Posted by The Occultist
Facts/information are not subject to copyright. The only possibility of copyright would be applied to any specific creativity in the layout of said information.
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