[OSM-legal-talk] Permissibility of incorporating parts of an address from a business' website

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

On Miércoles, 24 de abril de 2013 23:28:11 Michael escribió:
> What I mean is for example if 'John Doe's Coffee-Shop' had a website that
> says 'we're located at 12 Main St.', would it be okay to add the address
> to the appropriate OpenStreetMap location?

That's factual information and is not covered by copyright, so it's OK.
 

> Would it make a difference if the business is a large chain and had more
> than one address (possible a lot more than one address) on its website?

In that case, you're doing a repeated extraction of non-substantial amounts of 
data. And that's perfectly OK to do under european law (and you retain all 
copyrights of the derived work of your repeated extraction).

The answer to this might be different if your jurisdiction doesn't apply the 
european database directive.


IMHO: go ahead.

Best,
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