[OSM-legal-talk] OS Copyright Notice and Year

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Using the last date is the approach I take for the 1:25,000
provisional/first edition maps I'm collecting. Most don't have a copyright
date but luckily I have the excellent book on the 1:25,000 series written by
Peter Hellyer which confirms what year a particular map edition/print
edition appeared in the OS's official catalogue. I'm using this as a basis
of when a map was actually published.

Arguably those print editions of a map which state "reprinted with minor
corrections" are principally the same as their original counterparts, mostly
only a few major new roads (e.g. the early by-passes) were added between
versions or a new airfield popped up, that sort of thing. There is a good
chance that these later versions still have the earlier copyright status but
because I can't be sure I stick with the later date that these later print
editions were published.

Luckily many of these minor corrected versions were produced only a few
years after their original counterparts and thus it's not too long to wait
for many to loose their copyright where I can't get hold of the original
version at a low cost. With over 2000 to collect in all price per map is an
important factor.

Cheers
Andy

>-----Original Message-----
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>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Richard Fairhurst
>Sent: 23 March 2009 10:33 AM
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>Subject: Re: [OSM-legal-talk] OS Copyright Notice and Year
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>TimSC wrote:
>> The "safe" move move might be to use the latest date. Now based
>> on the Office of Public Service Information web page the copyright
>> year IS the year of first publication
>
>My understanding is that this could refer to "first publication of the
>revised edition" - in other words, take the latest date. It might be worth
>asking on the ordnancemaps list, though.
>
>cheers
>Richard
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