By the letter of the law, the arrangement is copyrightable, though the information itself is not, in the same way that the arrangement of a phone book is copyrightable even though the phone numbers are not. Yes, it is ridiculous.
Not in the US.
Therefore, the arrangement was not copyrightable, as it was a simple alphabetic listing with no creativity.
The arrangement was copyrightable. An alphabetic list isn't, but arranging that list turns it into something copyrightable.
And this, and nothing else, is what we're talking about.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5342078
> the arrangement of a phone book is copyrightable
An alphabetical list is not copyrightable, but you can arrange a phonebook to make it copyrightable.
The arrangement of a phonebook can be copyrightable.