A 'database' of stores maybe....but I believe that Stephen are talking specifically about a single address communicated via a contact page. If the postcode is copyrighted, then the company shouldn't be displaying it, and you should never write it on an envelope....
On Tue, 10 Sep 2019, 13:57 Silent Spike, <silentspike...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 1:49 PM Stephen Colebourne <scolebou...@joda.org> > wrote: > >> I'd like to see some guidance on whether data can be taken directly >> from a business's website and entered directly into OSM. eg. on the >> "contact us" page there is often address, postcode, phone number, >> opening hours. This page >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:postal_code says "You can even >> look them up on the official website of the place" which suggests you >> can, but normal copyright of websites would suggest you can't. A clear >> statement one way or the other would be useful (I may have missed >> it...) >> > > I'm almost certain you need permission from the company to use such data > and that wiki page should probably be changed. There are a few companies > I'm aware of which have granted OSM permission to use website data (at > least in the UK), it's on another wiki page somewhere. > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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