Database of towns in US

copyright issues?

[ddd5280]

I am creating a site that listing widgets for each town.

My main competitor for widgets has a large database of towns in the US - I would guess 20K towns.

I figure i could buy a database somewhere with similar towns set similar to my competitor if the price is right - or i could go to each state page and copy and paste his towns in to my database (about 400 per state).

If i copy his database and then add a few towns that he doesn't have and display the results in a similar fashion has he is, do i have any copyright issues to deal with?

[vabtz]

A widget is a term used to replace a item name. Its used to mean that it could be any item that they are talking about.

Does that make sense?