No, this WIPO idea is bad news.
Independent creation remains a defense.
What is proposed is to create an incentive to gather and make available to the public in useful form useful selections of useful facts. The facts themselves would remain available to anyone who wishes and is able to gather and use or distribute them. I think this argument really goes against your position, Dan. This is exactly what I would urge courts across the country to do in the case of their opinions. But its different from saying that I should be able to purchase Westlaw on a CD ROM, rearrange the cases, and sell copies at a tenth the price.