Russ Nelson wrote: > Dave F. writes: > > I look for /indications /of rights of way on my OS map. Initially this > > is the only evidence I have. > > If I see it's not indicated in OSM I go & walk it. > > I'm pretty certain I'm not the only one who does this. > > > > Is this a breach of copyright? > > Not in the US. Not in any way, not at all. Copyright in the US > protects creative expression, not information. If something is a > representation of a fact, the creative elements of that representation > are copyrightable. The fact is not copyrightable. You are using the > OSM maps in a manner which is non-infringing under US law. > > Further, under US law, if there is only one way to express something, > you cannot claim a copyright on it, even if you can show that you > exercised creativity in creating it. > > Now, you *can* claim a copyright on a collection of facts, but the > copyright applies to the collection, not the individual facts. Your > creativity was applied to the choice of which facts to include in the > collection. > > Obviously you are in the UK making reference to a work under UK > copyright, so none of this applies to you. I merely put this here so > that people in the US understand that they CAN do what you are doing. > > Oh to live in in the land of the free. :-)
Thanks for your reply. Dave F. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk