<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 23:17, Stefan Tauner <<a href="mailto:stefan.tauner@gmx.at">stefan.tauner@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 08:08:18 +0100 (CET)<br>
Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Google satellite, Google Street View must not be used for making<br>
> edits and it includes deleting data.<br>
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IANAL, but there is very, very, very little reason to argue this view<br>
from a copyright (and respective laws in other jurisdictions) point of<br>
view, especially when just verifying that other sources including your<br>
own knowledge/memory is correct like in this case.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>American tort jurisprudence can be summed up with a single</div><div>rule: "Deepest pocket wins." The merits of your case do not</div><div>matter at all, what matters is having enough money to prolong</div><div>matters long enough that your opponent cannot afford to keep</div><div>going. You keep raising the bet until your opponent folds.</div><div><br></div><div>Google has lots of money. OSM doesn't. OSM loses</div><div>the case, even if every single point of law supports OSM.</div><div><br></div><div>Note that this isn't about Google using OSM data, which OSM</div><div>contractual requirements say must be fought in English courts</div><div>but OSM mappers using Google data, which would be fought in</div><div>US courts.</div><div><br></div><div>Unless you personally have more money than Google and are</div><div>willing to use all of that money to pay somebody to fight Google</div><div> in court, don't tell people that it's OK to use Google maps/streetview/</div><div>imagery in any way. Legally it might be, but in terms of a court</div><div>fight it very much is not.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>