Thanks for your knowledgeable replies which reassure me that grid refs are not copyright, but the 1995 court case is still perplexing. My source was a news item from the Guardian and I can't find any accessible online source which has the legal argument and details of the case. Does anyone know any more about this case? Perhaps I should ask OS.
Regards Brian On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 23:53, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: > As virtually every biological recording scheme has used National Grid > references extensively since the early 1960s , and OSGB have not (yet) sued > me for my user name, I think you can take that this is pretty much a dead > letter. > > I can also cite Constable walking guides from the 1970s. > > Any attempt by OSGB to enforce copyright would undoubtedly be > self-defeating, so I cant see them doing it. > > Jerry > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 16:21, Brian Prangle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are these covered by copyright? I've found conflicting opinions: >> >> out of copyright in 1986 - since it was 50 years since the introduction >> of the NG in 1936 >> >> and >> >> "current case law supports this ownership, given in Ordnance Survey vs >> Younger and others (Ch 10 April 1995), in which Sir Jeremy Vinelott, >> sitting as a Judge of the High Court, ruled that "OS copyright material >> includes the National Grid" and that "the OS retain the right to refuse to >> allow ... [someone] ... to use the National Grid", a right taken up in that >> case. " >> >> Can anyone shed any light on this? >> >> regards >> >> Brian >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> >
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