On Sat, 25 Feb 2012, Pedro Morgan wrote: > Can I ask a Muppet Question.. ?? > copyright is always owned by "authority" of nav data.. > eg caa, nats, eurocontrol.. > > So this data is "theirs" but "were allowed to use" > > Another example id livery and logos.. > eg an airline that is defunct or "BritishArwys" as and exmaple.. > Now their logo is their copyright.. > > So what I am trying to get at is the "FRAND".. > Just FYI, any navigation data provided by any agency of the US govt. is public domain. US Copyright law also doesn't recognize the "copyright-ability" of facts. YMMV in other parts of the world of course. (I think the UKians have a law on the books that says facts can be copyrighted)
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