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Re: Battle of Britain Then and Now - Update
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Originally Posted by MW Giles
Just a note
You cannot copyright facts, only the way that those facts are expressed
If you could copyright facts then we would all be out of business, the first person to find something out and publish it would own that fact for 70 years after their death and no one else could use that fact without their permission! This is plainly absurd.
What you copyright is the form of words you use to set out the facts. If someone cuts and pastes my paragraph on an aircraft loss they are breaching my copyright. However if they say all the same things in a different way then I cannot complain
There are provisions to stop you picking up an entire book and publishing it under your name just by changing the layout and using alternative words, but the principle holds that you cannot copyright a fact.
Martin
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Well said, Martin. That is exactly the point I was making regarding losses. I hope it will sink in now (not with you - you've already got the principle 100%!). |