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additional forgot to add.

Phone book case aside. Had a case where we obtained a restraining order against a clients former employee who copied all the names and adresses of clients who had called an 800 number. The defendant folded/surrendered after the preliminary injunction was granted.

Uniqueness is the key. A phone book is ALL names, and is intended as a public document.

Why was is Pentium and not 586? can't copyright a number. Can't copyright fonts.

However Harley Davidson can copyright a stacato thunkata thunkato of their v-twin. ;-) Nothing to do with databases but who cares?

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The defendant folded/surrendered after the preliminary injunction was granted.

That's a good illustration of how the current safeguards are adequate.