<div>They do hold the rights to the location of the POIs when based on Google maps. but not the information embedded in the POI.</div>
<div>i think that if the POIs were placed on Yahoo's photos it would be legal (seeing as they gave permission to trace photos)<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Gustav Foseid <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gustavf@gmail.com">gustavf@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Richard Fairhurst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@systemed.net" target="_blank">richard@systemed.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">It isn't legal, because the locations are derived from Google Maps.<br></blockquote></div>
</div><br>This is basically a mashup based on Google Maps. I was unaware that Google have claimed any rights over POIs added in such mashups (Google My Maps or other sites). Could you provide some more details?<br><font color="#888888"><br>
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