On 11/14/08, R E Sieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > US Copyright law protects creative works. For this situation you must > add creativity to the derivation. US Copyright law doesn't allow for the > mere "sweat of the brow" or "industriousness" argument. For dbs, that > means you cannot claim copyright just because you spend oodles of time > or money collecting geospatial data. There has to be something creative > in the way you arrange it or display it. ..
There are two issues hidden in the info above... if I derive B from A, have I broken any law in doing so, any restriction that the creator or A might have placed on its use. If I agree to a particular contract, a terms of service, then I might well be breaking that contract. Is my derivation B from A worth of copyright in its own right? Does it have significant creative added value that I can copyright B? _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
