My opinion as a copyright lawyer is that there is nothing copyrightable in the single line that consists of the proposed route, under US law. Of course others are free to disagree.
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 9:36 AM Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote: > de minimis is applicable in cases where copyrighted content is unimportant > addition to > work > > it certainly does not apply in case where you copy solely that content > > For example de minimis apply if you take photo and there is a movie poster > in the > background. > > It stops to apply once you crop to show solely that copyrighted poster. > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:De_minimis has fairly good > introduction > > Compare > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GT2_-_Flickr_-_CarSpotter.jpg > where de minims appply > and > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Dark_Knight_movie_poster_-_censored_copyright.jpg > where it likely no longer applies > > ------ > > "data is low quality" is not waiving copyright. > > Apr 14, 2019, 7:39 AM by [email protected]: > > The linked document was filed by GN's attorneys, submitted to the FCC, not > authored by the FCC. That said, the level of detail on the map is so small > that I personally would deem any copying de minimus. > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 11:30 PM Clifford Snow <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > François, > The US FCC should be public domain unless otherwise indicated. > > Best, > Clifford > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 7:48 AM François Lacombe < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Google is currently rolling out several submarine telecommunication cable > systems and Amercian FCC actually publishes application documents > describing them. > > Such one regards the Dunant system between Virginia Beach and > Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez in France > https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1650796 > > As the application document shows maps of landings and global Atlantic > Ocean route, I'm technically able to add it to OSM as several other > submarine systems already exists there. > > Are you aware of license issues regarding FCC documents which would > prevent us to take data from them? > > All the best > > François > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > -- > @osm_washington > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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