Anthony <osm <at> inbox.org> writes: > > Grey area is - is tracing over sat/ortphotos creation of >derative works, or not? > > That's equivalent to the question of whether or not that aspect of the > original work is copyrighted. Tracing a copyrighted work is certainly > copying, and copying is the key necessary condition for the creation > of a derivative work.
There is an interesting blog post at http://www.systemed.net/blog/?p=100 Tracing a copyrighted work, is not necessarily copying. See image at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/new-imagebank/politics/0707_obamaputin.jpg Sure, the image itself is copyrighted. But if I say that "Hey, Obama and Putin have shaked hands" and then the photographer says that I am violating his copyrights I would not agree. Not even if I say that Obama is on the left and wears blue necktie, while Putin has a black one. I may be wrong, though, this is a strange world. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
