On 18 Nov, 23:55, Tom Anderson wrote:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/19973032.htm

The key part is he

"A property right ("database right") subsists, in accordance with this
Part, in a database if there has been a substantial investment in
obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents of the database"

I don't think they could reasonably claim that, especially if the
version you did publish was radically reformatted, as Walter proposes.
It's already safe to say that the info isn't protected as a creative
work, so if it isn't a protected database either, it's arguably not
under copyright at all and you can do what you like with it.

U