On 8 Nov 2009, at 20:12, Anthony wrote: > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Liz <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Anthony wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Lester Caine <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: >>>>> Yes, we know that everyone could probably use OSM maps for their >>>>> business website if they spent a week surveying their >>>>> surrounding area >>>>> / creating custom renderings. But that's not very helpful when >>>>> they >>>>> can just embed Google instantly and get the same results. >>>> >>>> And how many of their competitors would also be linked to that >>>> site via >>>> google's linked advertising? >>> >>> In this case (http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/about_us/map), none, >>> because they plagiarized the map. >>> >> >> and from http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/terms >> >> The material on this site is protected by international copyright and >> trademark laws. >> >> They don't actually claim to own the material. > > More to the point, they don't claim to have created the material. But > they do use the work of others without giving those others credit. > There's no mention of Google, and no mention of Tele Atlas. >
A brief update - Shaun and I have been sorting this out with CBT in the past 24 hours and they now have a new shiny CloudMade slippery map interface on their site with the normal CM attribution[1]. They also still have their link to the CycleStreets site with a pre-defined destination for their office in the link which works really well. Moral of the story - assume good intentions and contact the organisation involved! [1] http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/about_us/map Regards, Peter > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
