[OSM-legal-talk] License Cut-over and critical mass

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On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:

> On 07/17/2010 12:30 PM, John Smith wrote:
>
>> On 17 July 2010 20:11, Rob Myers<rob at robmyers.org>  wrote:
>>
>>> If this is the case then given that the CC licences are copyright
>>> licences
>>> what would they apply to in the OSM database in Australia?
>>>
>>
>> The court case in question was over facts, dates and times and show
>> names, IceTV who instigated this case, also pays students to review
>> shows, which adds an element of creativity to their database of facts.
>>
>
> Thanks. So IceTV weren't infringing on Channel Nine's copyright as Channel
> Nine didn't have one on the mere facts of their programme schedule, but
> IceTV's combined and creativity-added database is above the
> creativity/originality threshold required to gain copyright protection as a
> (collective?) literary work?
>
> There has been discussion in the past about how "creative" the various
> levels of OSM are (my personal opinion is raw data:not, edited and combined
> ways:possibly, rendered maps:definitely). The outcome wasn't to rely on
> creativity. ;-)
>
> What's your source for the assertion that we shouldn't rely on creativity?
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