PharmMM Discussion - Are data copyright?

• On 13 Nov 1995 at 11:49:06, david-bourne.at.uokhsc.edu (David Bourne) sent the message
  

  
  Hello
  
  I have a question about copyright. Are the data contained in graphs in
  published papers copyright? Scanning/photocopying and reusing figures from
  copyrighted journal articles are clearly subject to copyright restrictions.
  However, what if the figure is scanned, the 'raw' data extracted (i.e. the
  set of x-y co-ordinates), and these data points are used to create a 'new'
  figure. Any thoughts or suggestions? A citation to the original source of
  the data would be included of course.
  
  NOTE:
  
  The Copyright Office cannot register claims to exclusive rights in brief
  combinations of words, such as:
  ....
         --  Mere listings of ingredients, as in recipes, labels, or
              formulas.  (When a recipe or formula is accompanied by
              explanation or directions, there may be a basis for
              copyright protection.)
  
  From: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/00/copyright/circs/circ34
  
  We all use numbers from tables, e.g. log tables, PK parameter values,
  physical constants, etc. These numbers don't 'appear' to be copyright. The
  formatted listing may be but not the numbers themselves - is this true??
  
  Recently noted in a textbook - redrawn figures with the notation on many
  'Modified from ....' with no explicit mention of 'with permission'. Other
  notations in the same textbook included the same 'Modified from .... with
  permission'.
  
  Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks.
  
  David Bourne (david-bourne.at.uokhsc.edu)
  
  

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• On 15 Nov 1995 at 11:11:35, Saklad.at.uthscsa.edu (Stephen R. Saklad) sent the message
  

  
  Well, if you add value to public data, you can copyright the value-added
  product.  For example, the contents of the white pages are public data,
  however, the addition of an index would make it copyrightable.
  
  Are the data public?  Can you copyright the information, even though
  «n
  eplicate your experimental design and duplicate the results?  I don't know
  - I am just tossing out a question.
  
  This is an area that copyright / patent / trademark issues need to expand
  into.  We need to remember that these systems were intended to promote
  innovation by trading details of the item in exchange for a period of
  exclusive use.
  
  Steve
  
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