Copying specifications of a product.

is it illegal?

[Dilly]

Is it wrong to copy the exact worded specification or features of a product?
e.g. I have a website that shows the specification of laptops from many different manufacturers. The specification is on the laptop manufacturers' website and is worded on a like for like basis on quite a few other websites too. Is this classed as plagerism or is this allowed?

Also i would like to know whether this violates google adsense TOS in any form?

Thanx in advance.

[edited by: Dilly at 10:45 pm (utc) on Aug. 5, 2007]

[JohnRoy]

It depends on the owner of the original content.

Google TOS - if it's legal, it's not evil...

But, even if it's legal,
umm, I mean, even when it's legal,
In other words: Although it might be legal...

Duplicate content is not advisable.