Re: [Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

2019-09-05 Thread Martin Wynne
On 05/09/2019 09:47, Jez Nicholson wrote: It would seem ridiculous for me to have to set up an account and> licence the underlying section of map to sell a single field But what> if I'm selling 15,000 fields?? etc., etc. Field boundaries don't change much over the years. If you use an

Re: [Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

2019-09-05 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
5 Sep 2019, 00:40 by bainton@gmail.com: > Out of interest, is OS's position on derived data clearly the correct one > legally speaking?  I note the wiki talks in terms of OS 'claiming' IP in the > derived data, not that it actually *is* their IP, so I wondered.  > As far as copyright goes,

Re: [Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

2019-09-04 Thread Owen Boswarva
As far as I know Ordnance Survey's theory of derived data has never been tested in court. However there's an upcoming High Court decision (arising from a dispute between 77M Ltd and OS) that might shed some light. On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 23:42, Edward Bainton wrote: The idea of asking a ranger

[Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

2019-09-04 Thread Edward Bainton
The idea of asking a ranger to trace the boundary (on a printout of a thoroughly detailed OSM, of course: better get to work...) is a great one. iirc, the boundaries are all pretty major geographical features, so hopefully fairly easy. But yes, Jez, what a faff. Out of interest, is OS's position