<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-09-21 11:30 GMT+02:00 Andre Engels <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andreengels@gmail.com" target="_blank">andreengels@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":127" class="a3s aXjCH m1574c17421e3087b">That's great nonsense. YOU CANNOT COPYRIGHT FACTS ONLY THE<br>
PRESENTATION OF THOSE FACTS</div></blockquote></div><br><br>in Europe, databases (and a map can be considered database) are protected if it took significant work to produce them, even if they are just compilations of facts. Your statement is referring to the situation in the US. Still, you can protect your own collection of facts also in the US by applying contractual limitations along with the distributed content.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Cheers,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Martin<br></div></div>