On 11/11/2009 10:39, Richard Mann wrote: > I found this a useful summary of the UK copyright position: > > http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p09_fair_use
That's about the general concept. > This was the reason for my comment that our use on a street map would be > akin to news reporting (ie - to me - a simple way of precisely, > concisely and neutrally representing the organisation concerned). Of > course it doesn't hurt to ask, but the question should be "this is fair > use, isn't it", not "can I have a free licence". I agree that it's not > "incidental" use. The law says "Fair dealing with a work (other than a photograph) for the purpose of reporting current events does not infringe any copyright in the work provided that ... it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement." (Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 III 30.2) Our use is not about reporting *events*. "Akin" isn't good enough for the law, even if you accept this is akin to news reporting. You're trying to bend the law with your opinion, and that just doesn't work. David _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
