On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote: > I don't know if you've actually looked at the service, but the pictures > are of the street, not focusing on anyone in it. Occasionally there is > someone who you might be able to identify if you know who they are, but > the pictures aren't sharp enough for the most part. > > >>I claim intellectual property in it, and they would have to negotiate > a licence to use it or any deriative work based on it, such as a picture > of me. > > This is an unreasonable claim. Nobody can take a picture of a public > street you're in unless they have your permission?
Sure they can. But it's their responsibilty to ensure that in doing so, they don't infringe anyone's copyright. > Anf FWIW I suspect Microsoft has actually gotten permits of some kind > with the local authorities for doing this. That might give them permission to photograph the things that the local authority owns the copyright to. But the local authority, cannot authorise a breach of my copyright. Hey - Microsoft is keen to enforce their own copyrights. I'm just asking them to respect mine. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
