On Jan 29, 4:12 am, ProbablyMike <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 28, 7:19 pm, Brian P <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > But you can--_if_ you consider the Adobe Reader plugin to be within > > the browser. You just feed the PDF to the Reader plugin with a link to > > the static image as the image source, and the Reader plugin inserts > > the image when it's viewed. > > Just my thoughts, but totally disagree with that. > > By what you have said there you are sending the static map to the > *Acrobat plugin*, and not at all to the browser, clearly breaking the > terms. > > The img src would be rendered in the *Acrobat plugin* and not the > browser.
Well as I said, it depends on your interpretation: The Reader plugin is part of the browser, just as the Flash player plugin is part of the browser. Alternatively, you could argue that Flash media are outside the browser, as are PDF files viewed with the plugin. A PDF file viewed in the standalone Adobe Reader is not in a browser, obviously. You can also view SWF Flash files outside a browser, for example with VLC media player. I think both interpretations (plugins are part of/not part of the browser) are reasonable. What's unreasonable is stating that Flash media are within the browser, but PDF media are not. Remember how long Microsoft was in court over IE in Windows? I think this question would take about the same. I'd feel safe using a dynamic image in a PDF for the static map (if it works, would have to try it). But if it was really important I'd talk to a lawyer first, since it could go either way. And Google could rule out that option at any time. If you're trying to follow a reasonable interpretation of the terms, I'd expect Google to contact you if they disagree with your interpretation before pulling your key, based on their motto: "Don't be evil." I'm not sure this falls under a fair use issue here, though shifting time and place is fair use ever since the Sony Betamax decision-- that's why the SlingBox is legal. Printing to PDF shifts time/place of your consumption of the content in my view, so maybe it would be fair use. Just don't make brochures using the images and hand them out all over town ;-) -Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
