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<div><a href="http://minterstmt.blogspot.com/2010/12/no-copyright-in-white-and-yellow-pages.html">http://minterstmt.blogspot.com/2010/12/no-copyright-in-white-and-yellow-pages.html</a></div>
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<div>Since taking a photo of something entails little or no "independent intellectual effort", does this means that if someone publishs a photograph then anyone can freely derive any information from that photoghraph without even any attribution, if they so desire? (In Australia juristriction of course).</div>
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<div>Also I believe that the following actions also entail little or no "independent intellectual effort".</div>
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<div>1) walking/riding/driving around with a gps turned on and collecting GPS traces.<br>2) Tracing roads from either GPS traces or any imagery.<br>3) Copying down street names from a street sign and then adding then to a traced road.<br>
4) Noting and publishing the location of POIs.<br>5) etc...</div>
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<div>Therefore, does this also mean that any contributions to the OSM project attract no copyright and can be freely used to derive information from, without any attribution, if so desired?</div>
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<div>I really hope the answers to these two questions are yes, since it appeals to what I consider "freedom of information".</div>