Paddy, Matthew: Many thanks for your quick replies. That clears it up for me, Now to start rooting 'round my grandad's old stuff; I'm sure he had a few. If I find them, is there any central repository that I can upload the scans to?
Time to put longford on the map :) Karl On Thursday 03 September 2009 16:03:26 Patrick Casey wrote: > The 1830-40 OS maps of Ireland are out of copyright in the sense that you > can go into the National Archives and pick an 1842 map out of a drawer and > copy it without infringing copyright. However, what the OSI offer on their > website is another thing because they are not selling you the original maps > but maps with added value, e.g. they are digitalised images. That's how all > these reproducers of old material start the copyright clock again - either > by supplying a digitalised file or adding some annotations or whatever. > > Paddy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karl Grant > Sent: 03 September 2009 16:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSM-talk-ie] (Out of) copyright maps in Ireland > > > Hi all, > Just trying to figure out if I can use old maps as a base for OSM. During > my > > research I have found an OSI site www.irishhistoricmaps.ie which provides > the > same (pre 1900) for sale. But its terms state that all maps are copyright > of > > OSI. > > I found this in the Statute book > Quote: > 36.-Sections 24 to 35 shall not apply to Government or Oireachtas > copyright or to the copyright of prescribed international organisations. > End Quote > > http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0028/sec0191.html > > (4) Government copyright in a work shall expire 50 years from the end of > the > > calendar year in which the work was made. > > > Anyone got any more information on this? > > Karl > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
