On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> where in one of the first paragraphs there is this unproven claim: > > " > > Geocoding Results are a Produced Work by the definition of the ODbL > (section 1.): > > “Produced Work” – a work (such as an image, audiovisual material, text, or > sounds) resulting from using the whole or a Substantial part of the > Contents (via a search or other query) from this Database, a Derivative > Database, or this Database as part of a Collective Database." > > A geocoding result is created via a search or a query. It's a Produced Work. A work can specifically be a database, see http://www.out-law.com/page-5698, "Databases are treated as a class of literary works and may therefore receive copyright protection for the selection and/or arrangement of the contents under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988." (UK law) This is clearly a possible reading of the ODbL and it would enable geocoding.
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