[derleth]

> An alphabetic list isn't

And this, and nothing else, is what we're talking about.

[DanBC]

Here's the post that I responded to.

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.