[OSM-legal-talk] Fwd: [OSM-talk] copyright problem with datacopiedfrom a map

[Tom Hughes]

On 18/08/09 09:27, Peter Miller wrote:

> Andy mentions that copyright violation needs to go to the Data Working
> Group. Why? Sure the foundation needs a log of action of copyright
> violations, but I don't see why the requested reverts, or 'plastering
> over the cracks' can't be put onto a public list by a concerned member
> of the public and is then acted on by a suitably confident member of
> the community. The foundation then steps back and only gets directly
> involved in the bigger more problematic cases.

The Data Working Group can do things, like sending email direct to the 
user from somebody "official" (ie the foundation) that ordinary users 
are not able to do. Hopefully people will be more likely to respond to 
such communication to explain what they are doing which can help 
determine whether there is in fact a problem with the data.

Tom

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