On Apr 3, 8:30 pm, Drew Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew, > > Thank you for your help sir. I know this is getting redundant, but I > just want to make sure I understand your previous suggestions: You're > saying that if my website DOES NOT allow my user to create a .pdf > document (or any other document) then I should be okay because they > are not creating a "derivative work." You also go on to suggest that > I might even be able to Charge for the service because I just allow > the user to create a layout. My own personal opinion when first > posting this question fall in line with this suggestions and is, > indeed, good news to me. I just want to make sure, one last time, > that I understand what you are saying. Thanks for your patience with > me.
Yes: just use the API in a web page. Don't try and create anything else like PDFs or jpeg images or whatever. Allow users to get to the maps for free, and possibly create the other layout elements for free. Charge them to store their elements on your server, and to get to a layout page where they can position the elements they have created. Then they can print the layout page from the browser -- that functionality is then outside your control. However, in *your* terms and conditions you need (a) to make it clear that all Google's Terms need to be followed by your users; (b) a clause similar to Google's Clause 15 in which your users indemnify you against the consequences of *their* breaking the Terms. That means that if they print more than 5000 copies and break TeleAtlas's licence, your users are pursued and not you. -- 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.
