On Sep 25, 8:17 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Though you (or I) may not agree with the exact
> implementation/restriction, you should agree with us trying to make
> sure that users aren't using the walking directions information
> without knowing about the warning first.

I don't see the point. Walking routes (in the UK at least) don't
direct pedestrians along motorways. There are **far, far** worse
errors in the driving directions than no pavements for walking, and
driving directions don't come with a health warning. [And no, that's
NOT a plea that they should!]

It often appears to those on this side of the Atlantic that lawyers on
the other side assume people have no common sense whatever.
Unfortunately a side effect of that is that many lose what common
sense they had because they're protected from the consequences of not
having any.

Anyway, enough philosophy. A constructive suggestion: Why not put in
the TOU that the copyright notice must always be displayed, if they
don't already say that, and add the warning to the copyright string?
That would be unobtrusive and still present. It shouldn't be necessary
to mandate using Google's directions formatting if someone has taken
the trouble to do their own.

Pity: a great feature, well worth having (apart from the big yellow
warning)

Andrew
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