Using the last date is the approach I take for the 1:25,000 provisional/first edition maps I'm collecting. Most don't have a copyright date but luckily I have the excellent book on the 1:25,000 series written by Peter Hellyer which confirms what year a particular map edition/print edition appeared in the OS's official catalogue. I'm using this as a basis of when a map was actually published.
Arguably those print editions of a map which state "reprinted with minor corrections" are principally the same as their original counterparts, mostly only a few major new roads (e.g. the early by-passes) were added between versions or a new airfield popped up, that sort of thing. There is a good chance that these later versions still have the earlier copyright status but because I can't be sure I stick with the later date that these later print editions were published. Luckily many of these minor corrected versions were produced only a few years after their original counterparts and thus it's not too long to wait for many to loose their copyright where I can't get hold of the original version at a low cost. With over 2000 to collect in all price per map is an important factor. Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: legal-talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:legal-talk- >boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Richard Fairhurst >Sent: 23 March 2009 10:33 AM >To: legal-talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OS Copyright Notice and Year > > >TimSC wrote: >> The "safe" move move might be to use the latest date. Now based >> on the Office of Public Service Information web page the copyright >> year IS the year of first publication > >My understanding is that this could refer to "first publication of the >revised edition" - in other words, take the latest date. It might be worth >asking on the ordnancemaps list, though. > >cheers >Richard >-- >View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OS-Copyright-Notice- >and-Year-tp22625617p22657538.html >Sent from the OpenStreetMap - Legal Talk mailing list archive at >Nabble.com. > > >_______________________________________________ >legal-talk mailing list >legal-talk@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk