Lee Elliott wrote:
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 20:23, Jon Stockill wrote:
Ralf Gerlich wrote:
IANAL, but you might be even better off than you think. At
least here in Germany, courts seem to consider only the map
itself (its presentation) to be protected by copyright but
not the base data (such as elevation isolines, roadlines,
etc.), as the base data itself represents reality and does
not lend itself to creativity ("persönliche geistige
Schöpfung" or "personal mental creation"), which is a basic
requirement for copyright protection according to German
copyright law.
Do that in the UK and you'll be very heavily stomped on by the
OS lawyers. You want the data, you need to survey it yourself,
or buy it (and then there'll likely be restrictions on use).
You may have to check whether similar conditions apply to
this specific map and Crown Copyright. I repeat: I am not a
lawyer ;-)
They don't :-) If they did then there'd be no reason for
http://www.openstreetmap.org to exist.
Jon
Actually, I'm pretty sure that Ralf is right even within the UK -
it's only the representation of the data that can be copyrighted
- not the data itself. The data is there for anyone to collect
so it is not possible to prove the origin of the data.
There have been rumours that the OS introduced deliberate errors
in their maps so that they could be used to identify 'copiers'
but quite apart from the fact that this would prove nothing
(because it doesn't preclude someone else doing exactly the same
thing or simply making a coincidental mistake) the OS also
insists quite strongly that is has never, and will never
introduce data error.
Think again:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Copyright_Easter_Eggs
However, have a look at http://publicgeodata.org/Home
Definitely worth your support.
Jon
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