Dark Wing, I'm wondering if you charge a fee for access to this real estate site. If you do, wouldn't you already be in violation of <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html#section_9_1";> Section 9.1</a> in the license agreement?
?? -Ben On Jan 29, 10:17 am, Brian P <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > thestaticimage 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 thestaticmap 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 thestaticmap (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.
