On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:30:39PM +0100, Janet McKnight wrote:
It has just (belatedly) occurred to me though -- if I copy the opening times of a business from its website, am I allowed to make that info available under a cc licence? Is it a fact rather than something that can be copyrighted? Yes, I know, I should know this stuff by now. :-/
Individual facts are not copyrightable. Collections of facts (databases) may be subject to database rights.