On 18 August 2010 10:12, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > No. It doesn't. Even if satellite images can be copyrighted (and > that alone is questionable), using them to make ways which follow > roads almost surely wouldn't constitute a derivative work, because it > doesn't copy any of the arguably creative decisions which go into > making the satellite photo.
This isn't just a copyright issue, T&C may constitute a contract... > Yahoo has already said that tracing from its images is not a breach of > contract. Since they aren't the copyright holder, or at least I don't think they have any imagery sats of their own, that doesn't count for section 1 of the CTs, the copyright holder hasn't given explicit permission. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
