We've got something similar in Belarus, leftover from USSR times. For long time local mapping agencies tried to exploit that, which led to "there are no maps of Belarus in digital form available", which led to OSM being extremely popular here (maps.me, Galileo, OsmAnd are all made in Belarus, because of that reason).
In principle any map of Belarus (even if you've drawn it yourself just a second ago) is copyrighted by Belcartography, and they can sue you using local copyright-based laws. For now the law is not used - people have to get license to have a "map", but it's alright to have "scheme not to scale" even if it happens to be to scale. пт, 13 мая 2016 г. в 12:11, Katja Ulbert <[email protected]>: > Hi Sajjad, > > I have been following the discussion around this bill, thanks for > campaigning! As Robert said, if there is any we can do as HOT community > other than supporting on social media don´t hesitate to ask. > > Keep up the good work! > > Katja > On 13/05/16 05:54, Robert Banick wrote: > > Hey Sajjad — > > Thanks for the update. Let us know if there’s anything the global HOT > community can do to realistically support your campaign. > > Robert > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 9:13 AM Sajjad Anwar < <[email protected]>[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> Ralph - thanks for bringing this here. A few of us have started a >> campaign and collecting responses to the ministry to reduce the scope >> of this bill. You can follow the conversations on >> http://savethemap.in/ >> >> The bill in it's current state is very unlikely to get approved. Will >> keep you posted. >> >> Cheers, >> Sajjad >> (https://twitter.com/geohacker) >> >> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Carissa Brittain >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The article in Geospatial World >> > (http://geospatialworld.net/Professional/ViewBlog.aspx?id=477) has a >> link to >> > the May 5 draft of the bill >> > ( >> http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/Draft-NGP-Ver%201%20ammended_05May2016.pdf >> ) >> > but it doesn't seem to be complete. >> > >> > Techdirt's article >> > ( >> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160509/09563834390/indias-proposed-geospatial-information-regulation-bill-would-shut-down-most-map-based-services-there.shtml >> ) >> > seems to have a more complete version: >> > >> http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/GeospatialBill_05052016_eve.pdf >> > >> > 'Carissa Brittain >> > >> > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Ralph Aytoun < >> <[email protected]>[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> An item for discussion. >> >> This particular scenario existed when I was working for Philip’s and we >> >> had to send to India for prior approval, an exact copy of any map of >> India >> >> that we would include in any of our atlases. It appears that India is >> going >> >> to roll this out further. >> >> >> >> Is this something HOT will have to get prior permission for in the >> event >> >> of a natural disaster? It certainly appears that way. >> >> >> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36276754 >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Ralph Aytoun >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> HOT mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > HOT mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Sajjad Anwar http://geohacker.in >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing > [email protected]https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > -- > Katja Ulbert > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > Board of [email protected] | skype: katja.ulbert | whatsapp > +49 175 5660 818 > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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