On 16 September 2013 16:14, Andy Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 September 2013 14:18, Adam Hoyle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If there is no license on their website regarding the information, then >> shouldn't it be considered public domain? > > Err, no. That's not how the law works - either on copyright or on > database rights.
As well as full copyright restrictions being the default position, it is not possible to get copyright material into the pubic domain early in the UK, or Europe in general. (Even in the US, there is some doubt as to whether anyone but the government to do so, and even whether government produced material is public domain outside the USA.) _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
