On 09/09/11 22:33, Ed Avis wrote: > Rob Myers <rob@...> writes: > >>> In the US, the two lawyers found that the OSM map data is >>> copyrightable. They mentioned the explicit inclusion of maps in >>> copyright law >> >> But geodata is not a map, and the copyright on the database is not the >> copyright on its contents. > > As I understood it, the precedents they found showed that copyright does cover > the geodata contained in the database, and is not dependent on having a paper > map or the difference between database and contents. However I didn't have > time to go over these matters in depth. > > If the written report doesn't address your concern, would you like to join in > a conference call with the legal team so you can put it to them directly? > I expect I could arrange this.
Oh cool. No, if the precedents cover it that addresses my comment above. Thanks. - Rob. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
