[Legal-general] The elephant in the room

[Gustav Foseid]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Sunburned Surveyor <
sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Things may work differently in Europe, but I don't think anyone in
> there right mind would argue that a municipality in the United States
> holds a copyright over the name of public roads and streets. An
> assertion of that type of government power would likely lead to mobs
> with pitchforks in the streets.


I could think of a couple of arguments valif in Europe as well.

First of all, it is not very clear that street signs are a "database". There
is no index or way to ask "where is Main Street in Small Town".

It could also be argued that naming streets is part of a legislative
process.

The fact that it is common sense, is not something I would trust.

 - Gustav
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