[OSM-legal-talk] Drawing reading a copyrighted map side-by-side

David Paleino d.paleino at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 17:02:53 BST 2009


Hello,
we're having a discussion on talk-it@ about using copyrighted maps to trace a
border (or anything else, to be honest).

I mapped two archaeological sites, and have printed maps (bought at the
respective sites) for them. They're implicitely copyrighted material, and now
I'm only missing the site borders: I traced everything else, but couldn't trace
those -- there were no paths to follow and no aerial imagery that could help.

Is it legal to draw looking at a physical copyrighted map? The drawing
wouldn't be a perfect copy, since I'm not drawing *on* the original map, but I'm
somehow modifying it by using my memory.

Thank you for your help,
David

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