However, the situation becomes less clear in the case of a purely factual compilation of raw data. Where the compilation is essentially a collection of co-ordinates. dimensions and raw information about the physical characteristics of a particular object or place--would a detailed drawing of that object or place and its features based on the compiled information infringe the copyright in the compilation as a literary work? Isn‘t copyright supposed to protect haw the information has been expressed in the literary work. rather than the information per se? Very similar questions were addressed by the English courts in Autospin ( Oil Seals) Ltd v Beehive Spinning, Z9 where there was an allegation ‘ Z3 that the defendant had infringed the plaintiff‘ s literary copyright in a compilation of detailed measurements. set out in charts containing the critical dimensions for the manufacture of an oil seal. by copying those dimensions and making three-dimensional reproductions of the literary work.