<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-01-16 10:35 GMT+01:00 Dan S <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danstowell+osm@gmail.com" target="_blank">danstowell+osm@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-"><br>
</span>I believe "creativity" is part of the criteria for copyright in the<br>
USA, but not in the EU (certainly not here in the UK), and so<br>
creativity is not an issue - there is at least one jurisdiction<br>
significant for OSM in which you don't need to assert any "creativity"<br>
in your aerials<br>
<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"></span></blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">for reference: <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/copyright">https://www.gov.uk/copyright</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">According to this link, <br><p>You automatically get copyright protection when you create:</p>
<ul><li>original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work, including illustration and photography</li><li>original non-literary written work, such as software, web content and databases</li><li>sound and music recordings</li><li>film and television recordings</li><li>broadcasts</li><li>the layout of published editions of written, dramatic and musical works</li></ul><p><br></p><p>I don't see aerial imagery falling into any of these (but as this is just a summary, it might be included nonetheless), as it is neither</p><p>- an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work</p><p>- a written work or any of the following.</p><p></p><p>There is "photography" in the first point, but referring to "artistic work". Unlike classical cartography, where there are lots of decisions involved to create the map, in aerial imagery there is almost none, so the only probable reason why these could be copyright protected is by definition (likely, to protect the investment of people making these products).</p><p><br></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Martin<br></p></div></div>