Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Copyright status of OSM map data - initial results
In the USA the only two lawyers who are doing the work are Cathy Gellis and Jon Rubens. Although they often work together, they are at separate firms. Cathy Gellis was recommended to me by Francis Davey, the barrister investigating in England. He in turn was mentioned by LWG members, and has popped up on this list. -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Copyright status of OSM map data - initial results
Rob Myers rob@... writes: In the US, the two lawyers found that the OSM map data is copyrightable. They mentioned the explicit inclusion of maps in copyright law But geodata is not a map, and the copyright on the database is not the copyright on its contents. As I understood it, the precedents they found showed that copyright does cover the geodata contained in the database, and is not dependent on having a paper map or the difference between database and contents. However I didn't have time to go over these matters in depth. If the written report doesn't address your concern, would you like to join in a conference call with the legal team so you can put it to them directly? I expect I could arrange this. -- Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Copyright status of OSM map data - initial results
On 09/09/11 22:33, Ed Avis wrote: Rob Myers rob@... writes: In the US, the two lawyers found that the OSM map data is copyrightable. They mentioned the explicit inclusion of maps in copyright law But geodata is not a map, and the copyright on the database is not the copyright on its contents. As I understood it, the precedents they found showed that copyright does cover the geodata contained in the database, and is not dependent on having a paper map or the difference between database and contents. However I didn't have time to go over these matters in depth. If the written report doesn't address your concern, would you like to join in a conference call with the legal team so you can put it to them directly? I expect I could arrange this. Oh cool. No, if the precedents cover it that addresses my comment above. Thanks. - Rob. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Copyright status of OSM map data - initial results
On 09/09/11 15:57, Ed Avis wrote: In the US, the two lawyers found that the OSM map data is copyrightable. They mentioned the explicit inclusion of maps in copyright law But geodata is not a map, and the copyright on the database is not the copyright on its contents. My barrister in the UK fist considered the situation under the Copyright Act 1911. The 1911 act has long since been repealed in the UK, though. - That's the summary, as I best translate it from my notes of the two phone calls. Thank you for going to all the trouble of doing this and sharing the results publicly. - Rob. ___ legal-talk mailing list legal-t...@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
