← Back to context Comment by ethbr1 9 months ago Private information on people is Equifax's IP. 6 comments ethbr1 Reply Zuiii 9 months ago A collection of facts is not and can not be copyrightable, especially when it was mechanically derived/collected (no human creativity). So, no, it is absolutely not "Equifax's IP". dtech 9 months ago Only in the US. In the EU and other jurisdictions is does have protection [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_... adolph 9 months ago So I could copyright my SSN in the EU and sue Equifax et al.? 1 reply → hulitu 9 months ago Yeah, in the EU it does have Palantir's protection. /s basch 9 months ago which has yet to leak. as far as we know, the equifax data never became public.
Zuiii 9 months ago A collection of facts is not and can not be copyrightable, especially when it was mechanically derived/collected (no human creativity). So, no, it is absolutely not "Equifax's IP". dtech 9 months ago Only in the US. In the EU and other jurisdictions is does have protection [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_... adolph 9 months ago So I could copyright my SSN in the EU and sue Equifax et al.? 1 reply → hulitu 9 months ago Yeah, in the EU it does have Palantir's protection. /s
dtech 9 months ago Only in the US. In the EU and other jurisdictions is does have protection [1].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_... adolph 9 months ago So I could copyright my SSN in the EU and sue Equifax et al.? 1 reply → hulitu 9 months ago Yeah, in the EU it does have Palantir's protection. /s
A collection of facts is not and can not be copyrightable, especially when it was mechanically derived/collected (no human creativity). So, no, it is absolutely not "Equifax's IP".
Only in the US. In the EU and other jurisdictions is does have protection [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_...
So I could copyright my SSN in the EU and sue Equifax et al.?
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Yeah, in the EU it does have Palantir's protection. /s
which has yet to leak. as far as we know, the equifax data never became public.