On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:04 PM, James Ewen <[email protected]> wrote:
> So you would not be able to reference the information contained on the > maps from the Highway Authority, if they are under a copyright. > > The location of the path is not copyright, but you can't copy the > locations off the map. > > The name of the path isn't copyright, but you can't copy the name off the map. Incorrect, you are perfectly allowed to retrieve any non-copyrighted information from a copyrighted source. Getting all the information from a single copyrighted source usually will be covered under collection copyright, but getting single pieces of information, or even a number of them, is allowed. -- André Engels, [email protected] _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
