While checking out the mich-ty Morton's upcoming schedule on the BBC's site, I came across this copyright statement:
Reproduced under licence from Football Dataco Limited. All rights reserved. Licence no.INTERNET/ALL/BBCON103.I am sure there is a court case behind this but what is odd to me is the fact that fixtures, or what we call in North America the schedule, is a fact not an expression. So if I write "Red Sox v. Yankees - 5 September 2003" I have expressed my knowledge of the fact of an event, which turned out to be a glorious thrashing of the pin-stripes last night at the hands of Pedro. It is not Major League Baseball's expression.These fixtures are copyright of the Football DataCo Ltd and must not be reproduced in whole or in part without consent of the Football DataCo Ltd and without the acquisition of a copyright licence.
