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Re: Share Cost of LIFFE FTSE Historical Tick Data



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On Sun, 3 May 1998, Carlos Lourenco wrote:

> Suppose that you and 5 other people got together and decided to buy Win98
> and "share" the cost amongst yourselves.
> This would be violating the license agreement you agreed to when you
> purchased the software (FOR 1 USER).
> 
> Its the same concept with data.

I don't think that is correct, but IANAL. My understanding is that you 
cannot copyright data (facts). The data + the format is copyrightable. 
This from a similar discussion some time ago.
Is there a lawyer in the house?

Cheers,

Jim