OK, thanks for that.
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On 23/10/2013 12:14, Derry Hamilton wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
I think that was exactly the basis of BMC vs Rockfax. The BMC author
had put up and named several routes specifically for the guide book,
and there was no other original source for those names, so the BMC
sued and lost when Rockfax published a guide that included those
routes. The route name, its location and way up were held to be
statements of fact and thus un copyrightable, but that descriptions,
topo, grade etc. were copyrightable.
Thanks,
Derry
On 23 October 2013 12:06, Jonathan <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I wasn't thinking they could name the physical place but more the
route up. They could devise a particular route up a cliff,
involving certain techniques maybe and give it name that they may
claim is proprietary. So while we could survey and map the route
we maybe infringing their intellectual property to name it as they
have in their guide??? I don't know, just surmising.
Just like you can download and compile your own version of Firefox
but you can't distribute it as Firefox with their permission!
Hence Iceweasel :-)
Jonathan
http://bigfatfrog67.me
On 23/10/2013 11:27, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
Don't know if you can do that on hills too?
If there's an unnamed hill somewhere I'll call it "Proprietary
Peak" and charge people one million pounds to use it. ;-)
Nick
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From: Jonathan <[email protected]>
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Date: 23/10/2013 11:17AM
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping climbing routes/areas.
Hi Derry,
I'm no lawyer, but if the route name was first used in a copyrighted
publication and never used before that publication then they
*may* have
claim to it. Bear in mind that while a route name may not be
covered by
copyright it may be covered by a trademark!?
Jonathan
http://bigfatfrog67.me
On 23/10/2013 07:43, Derry Hamilton wrote:
> Opinions I've seen are that route names are not copyrightable, any
> more than road or mountain names.
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