You just got me wrong - I'm truing to say, that Google understands, that any court trial will fail - there is too much doubt about possibility to use copyright laws to space fotos. If they were sure that they will win - they would have done it. But they are not sure - so the fear to start the trial, cause loosing would meen that everyone will know they were wrong!
That's all I was talking about. WBR, Kirill 2009/10/30 David Earl <da...@frankieandshadow.com> > On 30/10/2009 14:38, Kirill Bestoujev wrote: > >> Oh my God!!!! >> >> It is terrible!!! >> >> We all gona die!!!!! >> >> >> What is the problem? Did Google just once start a trial agains anyone >> using GM images in violation of ToS? Just once? >> >> No. Why? They really don't care. Look at wikimapia. Don't the violate GM >> ToS for several years? They do. Why doesn't Google close them? Could you >> explain??? >> >> > That's not the point. The whole basis of OSM is that it is from copyright > free and permitted sources. While individuals might not care and infringe > G's terms wildly, companies aren't going to use our data for serious > applications unless they can trust they aren't going to get slapped with a > lawsuit from one of the richest companies in the world (or any other > aggrieved party). > > There's simply no point in doing what we;re doing unless we do it properly. > You might as well use Google maps in the first place. Whether G defend their > terms or not is irrelevant. > > David > >
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