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Even if NextBus "owned" the data, it's unlikely any claims they made on it would be enforceable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Teleph
by mojonixon 17y ago
Even if NextBus "owned" the data, it's unlikely any claims they made on it would be enforceable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Telephone_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications_v._Rural_Tel...
I am not a lawyer, and neither is wikipedia.
- fatdog789 17y agoThat case is inapplicable; it deals with static factual data collections. Bus times are dynamic, estimated facts. The act of estimating, via the use of proprietary means, is what gives NBIS the right to "own" bus (estimated) arrival times b/c estimations are just interpretations. Obviously, NBIS has no ownership to historical bus arrival times, b/c those are actual, irrefutable facts.