On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 10:28:45AM +0100, Pieren wrote: > > A public domain street sign does not become automagically a > copyrighted "derivative work" just because you see it through a > copyrighted photo. And this is true worldwide, not only in some > countries. But some people are continuing to keep the doubts because > they have a preference for surveys on the ground (something we have to > promote anyway but with fair arguments). Claiming copyright ownership > on public domain material has a name, it's called "copyfraud" ([1]) > and is rarely sued in court in comparison to copyright infringements. >
The legality around copyright on "collections of facts" are different throughout the world. We have to assume that collections of facts are, indeed, copyrightable, and that a lawsuit (or even just bad publicity) based on it will be able to stick. -- - Vegard Engen, member of the first RFC1149 implementation team. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
