On Aug 12, 11:51*pm, Theo Markettos theom
wrote:

In uk.railway Mark Goodge wrote:

I'm assuming, of course, that it is Atos Origin which has actually compiled
the database. It may not be - it may well be National Rail. But, whoever
compiles it, it's subject to database right.

So if I manage to acquire parts of the database by other means, does that
still infringe the database right? *Say, for example, that I wrote a very
clever script that searched this newsgroup for threads quoting fares, and
compiled them into a database. *Those threads contains facts, and I myself
have never been near the official fares database. *But presumably they have
once been extracted by that database, just not by me.

In the Property Bee example, users perform searches as normal (using their
own browser, internet connection, and the official RightMove webpage) but
the results of those searches are also sent to the Property Bee server by
their browser addon. *The price a house is currently selling for is a fact.

Well, it's often more of a wish, but, er, nevermind...


So is the Property Bee server able to compile a list of these prices, as the
search was neither instigated nor coordinated by the server, despite being
automatically parsed from queries from the commercial database?

Hadn't come across Property Bee beforehand - looks interesting. As are
the questions you pose above about its mode of operation. (And
examples such as that really do go to show that the potential
applications of technology can be wonderfully inventive and
unexpected, and the concepts and law surrounding IP are always having
to play catch up - not an original thought of course, but one can't
claim intellectual property ownership of thoughts... can one?! ;-)