Well I may not.. "obstruct remove etc" but its google doing it.;-) (but you are right it does entirely seem like one has to technically recreate attributions to technically conform)
On Oct 17, 4:49 pm, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Catch-22 that Google has created is that -- assuming as you and I > do that users want to print a limited number of copies within the > bounds of what Google defines (See "Permitted uses of Google Maps and > Google Earth" herehttp://www.google.com/permissions/geoguidelines.html) > -- > the user cannot do this using the most accessible tool -- a browser > accessing web pages containing maps and using the built-in Print > function -- and still stay within the rules. > > Because Google's rules also say that each printed image still must > contain these logo and copyright elements, which Google's own software > suppresses from being printed by the browser! > > On Oct 17, 4:37 pm, Garthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 17, 2:10 pm, boomerbubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The inclusion of copyright notices and logos in not inconsistent with > > > personal use. > > > Well I personally dont NEED them obscuring the image... (it is likely > > I have moved the view so they arent obscuring anyway) > > > The concept of fair use means one may use part of a > > > > copyrighted work without special permission, but that does not mean > > > the publisher does not have an interest in including such notices. > > > Shrug no one brought up "fair use", but I mentioned > > user needs > > > > Besides, how can you be sure that all browser output is within the > > > definition of "personal use?" Someone might easily print 100 copies > > > or more of anything that a browser can produce. > > > It is not significant that somebody can do that or render really large > > and cut off the logo if they choose to do so,,, and is entirely > > independent of why google might choose not to include there > > logos when I print them for my personal use, which google specifically > > approves of and considers the only legit use... ie they are asuming > > the user is doing what they have approved of instead of assuming > > the users are breaking the agreement. (you cant stop the ones > > who want to put a little effort in and break the agreement) > > > So the reason I speculated was so to optimize for me a normal user > > making legit use, which will be the truth of the matter in a majority > > of > > cases.( i hope) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
