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In the early MapHist discussion that you mentioned (presumably the one
that took place in October of 2009) there was at least one message
noting the /Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp./ case, in which the US
District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in 1999 that
exact photographic copies of public domain images (e.g. of art works,
but presumably this would also apply to maps) could _not_ be
copyrighted. I have no idea whether this ruling has any current
standing, but the actual ruling makes interesting reading. See the
Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp.
-- Jeremy
On 11/28/2010 8:42 AM, J. B. Post wrote:
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A few years back, there was a question on this list about copyright
of reproductions/photographs of maps obviously in the public domain.
The upshot was in UScopyright law, photographs and some other
reproductions of graphic works are considered to be new artistic
creations and the copyright is claimed on them, not on the original
graphic work. I haven't looked at all that many websites with maps on
them and was wondering if there is any sense if most claim copyright
of their contents. This is not the same as "copy protection" which
attempts to keep the images from being downloaded and is a technical
thing, not a legal thing. Even if a site allows free downloading, it
could still claim a copyright, even if only a general one for the site
itself, intended as a blanket for the contents. Any sense on the
general practice?
JBP
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