Re: Data record layouts and database schemas--copyrightable?

Subject: Re: Re: Data record layouts and database schemas--copyrightable?

Comments:
: Gee, I hope not because I'd have to change all the databases I've ever set up. I'm no lawyer, but it seems the entire point of a database is to be customizable by the user. And how would a user ever know what specific structure of fields was copyrighted? Your example seems akin to trying to copyright a certain sentence structure, but not the words themselves. (e.g. You can't write the sentence "Mice frighten elephants" without my permission because I have the copyright on sentences with a syubject-verb-object structure.) : Just a thought. : : I am wondering if one can have a copyright on the actual structure--schema--of a database. This is a different issue from the contents of a database. For example, if one of the tables in my database has three data elements-- : : Last name (20 char) : : First name (10 char) : : DOB (10 alphanumeric) : : is this structure something I can copyright?

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