Is everything that is published as a news in public domain after it's publication

[Dilip Damle]

Hi all, 

I stumbled on this article. 

http://www.medianama.com/2012/11/223-delhi-high-court-cricket-public-domain-after-2-min/

It says that Cricket facts go in public domain after 2 minutes because it is news

Can someone say more on this.

 

Is every news in Public Domain Then it should hold good also for data published as news.

rgds

Dilip Damle 

(New Delhi)

[Devdatta Tengshe]

Hi Dilip,

I had discussed this issue with a lawyer friend, when this news had come out. As a result of this discussion, my understanding is that the facts itself are public domain. But their representation, be it in a news article, or a table published on a website/newspaper, can still be under copyright.

Let me quote from the linked article : "As per the judgement, while the BCCI might have copyright claims over audio and visual recordings of the Cricket match, it does not have any copyright over information pertaining to the match, once it comes in the public domain."

So if you find a table containing some data, the data itself could become public domain(only under specific circumstances), but the exact representation of that data (i.e. that table) would still be under copyright.

We have several lawyers on this discussion list, and I'm sure they can provide a much better understanding of this, than my lay man understanding.

Regards,

Devdatta

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[Dilip Damle]

Thanks 
In that case one may always 'Type' the data part in a software and then it is in public domain.