On 2006-12-27, Alasdair <mail@bobaxter.coo.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:17:54 GMT, "harrogate3"
><harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>Curiously, not only do the telco own the number, they also own the
>>copyright to it, so it is technically illegal for anyone other than
>>them to publish it without having obtained their prior consent.
>>
>>If the ownership or registration was transferred, what about that
>>copyright? How does that affect such as letterhead and advertising?
>>
>
> Has this ever been tested in court? I should have thought that if
> there is any copyright in a telephone number, it belongs to Ofcom as
> they create them in the first place and give them in blocks to telcos.

I'm sure writers of history books will be pleased to learn that numbers
were created by Ofcom.

--
David Taylor