On Apr 18, 2011 9:30 AM, "Grant Slater" <openstreet...@firefishy.com> wrote: > On 18 April 2011 05:05, Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com> wrote: >> Frederik Ramm writes: >> > No. To get access to (at least TeleAtlas's or Navteq's) data you will >> > have to sign an agreement that binds you to much more than just plain >> > copyright. >> >> Did you sign an agreement to use your personal navigation device? >> Almost certainly not. So what's to stop you from reverse-engineering >> the data files, and publishing them? >> >> Copyright. > > DRM.
When has DRM ever stopped anyone from anything? Sans copyright protection, it only takes one person to crack the DRM and release the files for free on the Internet.
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