[OSM-legal-talk] decision removing data

[Anthony]

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
> On 08/07/2010 03:35 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> I don't really see how there's an argument.  If photoshop offers a
>> plugin that lets you draw a line with a certain thickness, a certain
>> color, and a label on it, and you use that photoshop plugin to make a
>> map, you've got a copyrighted work, and that copyright is owned by the
>> person who drew the lines (remember how maps were one of the first
>> works for which copyright was invented).
>
> This confuses form and content. A map is not a database.

A map can certainly take the form of a database.

In any case, it is the content that is copyrighted, not the form.