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As for what you do with the data, you need to talk to a lawyer and read Feist vs.

You can get started by reading this Supreme Court case: Feist Publications, Inc.

I don't think that Kayak's data is copyrightable (on the basis of Feist Publications, Inc., v.

Its not SciFi, but Magician by Raymond E Feist (the Riftwar saga) would make a great tv series, there are lots and lots of books.

The Feist Corp were not able to copyright telephone listings.

The most relevant case I know is Feist Publications v.

If I produce a Feist album, put it on a store shelf, and demand $15 for it, you are entitled --- in fact, advised --- not to pay for it.

(Just last week, a federal court in Massachusetts ruled against[2] a plaintiff who wanted to copy and repurpose the bulk of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate, including definitions, for his own dictionary.) But in 1991, in Feist Publications Inc.

Quite tangential from the content - at the start is "Its transcription and formatting as an e-text, however, is copyright 1995-1998" I thought that Feist v.

Copyright rewards "original creative expression", (Feist v.

However, "if the compilation author clothes facts with an original collocation of words, he or she may be able to claim a copyright in this written expression." The court held that "the names, towns, and telephone numbers copied by Feist were not original to Rural and therefore were not protected by the copyright in Rural's combined white and yellow pages directory.

Most fantasy readers tend to dismiss Feist's work, it's good to find someone else who appreciates it.

Feist established that there has to be creativity in something for it to be copyrightable.

Feist's Riftwar Cycle, where you have a series of connected trilogies.