I hope not exactly. The problem with most copyright issues is the variation between countries. If you draw your own and it resembles another but it is not exact you will probably be in the clear. But when you are using a Google map image on a site with a connection with Google you could theoretically be in breach of TOS. I don't think there is a problem in this case but using your own image which can be demonstrated as different (eg bigger circle, smaller dot etc) should be OK PS I am not a lawyer Regards Davie
On Sep 20, 12:57 pm, Pil <wolf...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 20, 12:41 pm, Andrew Leach <andrew.leac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 20 September 2011 11:35, Pil <wolf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I think it's such a simple image where there cannot be some rights on > > > it, in other words: everyone can use it, change it, copy it as one > > > likes. > > > Copyright doesn't work like that. > > That depends and surely differs from country to country. In Germany > there is something like "Schöpfungshöhe" (I found 'level of creativity > ' and 'threshold of originality' as translations) that's surely not > very high in this case. > > > However, the easy way around it > > which I would use in this case is to draw your own version. > > Hmm, yes, but when the own version exactly looks like the original > one, I'd say as you said: "Copyright doesn't work like that." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
