As I said, I'm not a lawyer, just erring on the side of caution. My
worry is that if you add the "Nike Chimney" (fake name) as a climbing
route, we may be using something that is not without legal encumbrance.
I'm just paranoid :-)
I would suggest that if anyone goes out, surveys and climbs their own
route and then uploads to OSM then that would be fine.
On a further note, I don't know how you map a vertical route on a flat map?
Jonathan
http://bigfatfrog67.me
On 23/10/2013 11:54, Derry Hamilton wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
I believe the lack of copyright on route names and location was
settled in BMC vs Rockfax, when the BMC sued on exactly that basis and
lost, but I don't have a cite to hand.
Thanks,
Derry
On 23 October 2013 11:13, Jonathan <bigfatfro...@gmail.com
<mailto:bigfatfro...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Derry,
I'm no lawyer, but if the route name was first used in a
copyrighted publication and never used before that publication
then they *may* have claim to it. Bear in mind that while a route
name may not be covered by copyright it may be covered by a
trademark!?
Jonathan
http://bigfatfrog67.me
On 23/10/2013 07:43, Derry Hamilton wrote:
Opinions I've seen are that route names are not copyrightable,
any more than road or mountain names.
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