Ian Turton wrote:
I know that for a while the British Library (who were partners) who
scanned their maps tried to claim the copyright on the scans of the
maps but we refused to believe that scanning a map was sufficient to
give you a copyright. It's been a while but I could probably drag up
the references to the original case law - it was something to do with
pictures of works of art some museum was arguing they owned copyright
Bridgeman vs Corel. Worth Googling. Interlego vs Tyco is also relevant.
Note that the US judge in BvsC declared that no copyright subsisted
under _US_ law, and that he believed this would also be the case under
UK law. However, recent legal opinion (a book wot I read in
Blackwells, Oxford, but was too tight to pay for) suggests that the
latter is not true. So Vision of Britain are entitled to claim
copyright if they want to.
_But_ we're talking about rederiving the factual information
represented on the maps, not the images of the maps themselves (which
is what BvsC was all about). My view is that trying to restrict this
is legally extremely dubious and morally very wrong...
...and that pretty much explains the licence for my scans (and
others') at npemap.org.uk - http://www.npemap.org.uk/tileLicence.html
. :)
cheers
Richard
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