[josm-dev] Fwd: Filter Google from Imagery?

[Anthony]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
> On 1/28/11 10:08 AM, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Anthony<osm at inbox.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't see any legal argument on that page.  Perhaps you got the link
>>> wrong and you meant http://www.systemed.net/blog/?p=100 ?
>>
>> In case it was TLDR:  "Case law firmly establishes that tracing from
>> aerial photography is not an infringement of any copyright in that
>> imagery."
>
> there's a great deal more to the article than just that blanket statement,
> and the comments deserve review, some of them are well thought out
> and well informed.

Certainly.  It would be better if you read the entire thing.

> this is not so clear cut as you want to make it out to be.

Actually my intention was to point out precisely that it is not clear
cut.  And that's why categorical blocking is wrong.

As I suggested, the fact that the OSMF has decided to ban tracing of
Google Maps for the database that it controls access to is not my
contention.  My contention is that JOSM can be used by more than just
contributions to OSMF-controlled databases.

Although, frankly, I've always thought the OSMF ban was more of a
don't-ask-don't-tell one.  And I guess now that my contributions are
going to be deleted anyway I can come clean.  I've been tracing from
Google maps for pretty much the entire time I've been contributing,
and it hasn't hurt anyone.