body: Lots of bits and pieces of information and chaotic data spread across the web and it does cost an arm and a leg to gather them together to form something larger and consistent that would prove to be much more useful.
  
  
  Is it legally viable to **scrape** these **factual data** / information from different websites, compile and re-organize them as databases / data sets that will then be licensed under a **proprietary license**?
  
  
  Thus far after some research, I find factual data can't be **copyrighted**, but the particular compilation / structure of data can. Does this mean I can do whatever with the scraped factual data as long as I have my own unique **data organization / compilation / structure**?
  
  
  For example, I want to make a business information database off hundreds of different websites and then radically re-organize / re-structure / re-index these different data sets into one database that is better than any of the sources. Can I proprietorially **license** this particular database I made?
  
  
  I know I can never own the data as they are straight facts. Right? But can I **OWN** the particular data organization and legally profit from it?
  
  
  We are operating in US, but the data could be from websites on other continents.
  
  
  
title: Scraping factual data off the web and re-organize to release under proprietary license?