The following rules apply to data under U.S. Copyright Laws:
For data produced by you:
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This data cannot be copyrighted. A particular expression of the data may be copyrighted, however. Examples of an expression that could be copyrighted include graphs, tables, and other visualizations of the data.
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This data can be licensed. A license can limit the way in which data can be used (for example, not allowing commercial use, requiring attribution, etc.).
For data produced by others and used by you:
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You may or may not have rights to share the data, depending upon if/how the data was licensed by the data producer. Terms of access to the data must be followed.
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Any questions about data and copyright can be addressed to umkccopyright@umkc.edu
(adapted from "Ethical and Legal Issues, Data Management and Publishing," Massachussetts Institute of Technology webpage)
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