What data can I scrape out of online resources about plants without worrying about copyright infringement?

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What data can I scrape out of online resources about plants without worrying about copyright infringement?

Examples of data I would be interested in: Name of plant variety, species, days to germination, days to maturity, color of fruit, frost hardiness, shape of fruit, and so on. I am least interested in the prose description, but if that description includes data I would like to extract that data from the description as well (example: the presence of the word 'indeterminant' in the description). The kinds of data I want are generally not already available (at least in bulk) under open licenses from...

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If Wikipedia is of interest to you, all its content is available for download as an XML dump with a...

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Is it copyright infringement to record and compare data from other websites?

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Generally speaking, while the specific arrangement of facts may be protected by copyright, the facts...

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Where is the best place to find good online resources to get more information on copyright and trademark infringement in online advertising?

I am in an advertising compliance role, and would like to be kept abreast of all regulations regarding copyright/trademark infringement in the online ad industry, i.e. when ads display logos they do not have the rights to, etc.

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I would look at copyright and trademark generally. The Wikipedia pages are good starting points: Copyright...

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Copyright use limitations on celebrity & politician audio clips

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It would probably be a copyright infringement. The proposed study tool would be a derivative work. The...

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Lets look at it this way - Do google or bing image search have copyright infringement problems? No,...

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