Hi, Simon Ward wrote: > I’m (still) of the opinion that we shouldn’t just throw copyright to the > wind in this way while some people (OS, for example) believe they can > exercise copyright over elements of geodata, and not just database > right. They might be right, or wrong. I hope they’re wrong, but it’s > not very well tested.
Agreed that it would be *more effective* so say "let's just claim copyright on contents, just as the proprietary data guys do, even if we don't believe in it, just to be on the safe side". However, not everything that is more effective is also morally superior. If the OS go after what they call "violators" in lawsuits that many of us believe are frivolous, would we really want to go after "violators" with lawsuits of the same kind (or threaten to do so) "just to be on the safe side"? Claiming copyright on something where you are not reasonably sure of actually having it is, in my eyes, a FUD maneouvre worthy of players like the OS, but something that we should make an attempt to steer clear of. Bye Frederik _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
