first the appropriate disclaimer ;) "i'm not an attorney"
but this seems a reasonable assertion. Copyright (one form of protection) as automatically afforded to any new creation--you don't need to make a federal filing (but not a bad idea). There are other forms of protection--trade secret and patents are the most common (and relevant) in this case. Depending on how much value/'stuff' you add, it may be worth it. for example, UMI's neighborhood database is copyright protected, but somebody else could create their own and have different definitions of boundaries, etc... and that's their prerogative, so it's more of a 'pain in the ass to replicate' factor than legal protection. Ian White :: Urban Mapping, Inc 690 Fifth Street Suite 200 :: San Francisco CA 94107 T 415.946.8170 :: F 866.385.8266 :: www.urbanmapping.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Drummer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:11:28 AM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles Subject: [Geowanking] License and copyright In response to Ian's post on the MNDOT data.... If I use the data from a taxpayer funded source and add value through additional layers, formatting, etc., can I protect my new compilation? rqd _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
