On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 04:00:22PM +, LeedsTracker wrote:
> > The concept of fair use is something which differs from one jurisdiction to
> > another. [snip]
>
> I know, though the principle is in UK law:
> http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p09_fair_use
That page is a little mislead
LeedsTracker wrote:
> I do. To be clear, I'm not advocating using Gmaps/G-earth for OSM, I
> was just puzzled by the (apparently unproblematic) use of it in
> Wikimedia and wondered if a parallel use was justifiable.
Put yourself in the shoes of Google's lawyers - and, more significantly,
those o
> http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p09_fair_use
I'm guessing that the spelling mistake on the front page ("Devirative
works") is an Easter Egg to stop anyone copying it...
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2009/2/24 Donald Allwright :
>>> Please don't use Google Maps when doing OSM. It's just not worth the
>>> risk.
>>
>>I understand that this is a safe and wise rule, but as Wikimedia
>>Commons' site suggests (and Nic's reply, commenting on talk-legal
>>discussions), there may be a fair use (or fair
On 24/02/2009 09:58, LeedsTracker wrote:
>> Please don't use Google Maps when doing OSM. It's just not worth the risk.
>
> I understand that this is a safe and wise rule, but as Wikimedia
> Commons' site suggests (and Nic's reply, commenting on talk-legal
> discussions), there may be a fair use (o
>> Please don't use Google Maps when doing OSM. It's just not worth the risk.
>
>I understand that this is a safe and wise rule, but as Wikimedia
>Commons' site suggests (and Nic's reply, commenting on talk-legal
>discussions), there may be a fair use (or fair dealing) for rectifying
>the location
2009/2/24 Dave Stubbs :
> 2009/2/24 Kenneth Gonsalves :
>> On Monday 23 February 2009 19:52:37 LeedsTracker wrote:
>>> E.g. I take a photo of a level crossing, locate in in Google Maps,
>>> upload and tag it in WikiMedia Commons - no problem it seems.
>>>
>>> Is this different from using the same m
2009/2/24 Kenneth Gonsalves :
> On Monday 23 February 2009 19:52:37 LeedsTracker wrote:
>> E.g. I take a photo of a level crossing, locate in in Google Maps,
>> upload and tag it in WikiMedia Commons - no problem it seems.
>>
>> Is this different from using the same method to adjust the level
>> cr
2009/2/24 Kenneth Gonsalves :
> On Monday 23 February 2009 19:52:37 LeedsTracker wrote:
>> E.g. I take a photo of a level crossing, locate in in Google Maps,
>> upload and tag it in WikiMedia Commons - no problem it seems.
>>
>> Is this different from using the same method to adjust the level
>> cr
On Monday 23 February 2009 19:52:37 LeedsTracker wrote:
> E.g. I take a photo of a level crossing, locate in in Google Maps,
> upload and tag it in WikiMedia Commons - no problem it seems.
>
> Is this different from using the same method to adjust the level
> crossing node in OSM accordingly?
and
Hi,
>From what I've read on talk-legal on more than one occasion : Deriving
individual nodes and individual segments on a small scale is OK. Esp.
when they are derived from raw facts (photos and gps traces). But
extracting a whole bunch of nodes and segments that link up is bad.
It's not that Goo
Hello all,
Sorry to open this up again, but...
I just uploaded my first pic to http://commons.wikimedia.org It gives
the option to add a geo location for where you took the photo from.
This page gives many methods for doing that, including locating on
Google Maps or Google Earth:
http://commons.w
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