[OSM-legal-talk] Removal of 'unsuitable' content from an OSM-related site

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hello everyone,

Apologies - this is not directly related to OpenStreetMap itself but is
related to a site of mine which uses OpenStreetMap data so I thought I'd
post my question here to get opinions.

I have been developing a site OpenTrailView (https://opentrailview.org) to
collect 360 panoramas of walking and hiking routes. OSM data is used to
connect the panoramas together.

The site has always advertised itself as a site to collect panos of
*walking* routes - however a company has used the site to upload a large
number of panoramas of on-road routes. My problem with this is that it's
using up server space on a server that I pay for out of my own money.

I have contacted the company asking them if it was OK to delete their
panoramas (as the content is arguably 'inappropritate' for a
walking-oriented site) nd they replied to me, in a friendly and cooperative
way, saying they would setup their own 'local' OpenTrailView server by
November 13th. I since contacted them to confirm whether they had done this
(twice) but have not heard back.

With this in mind, given it's my own server (well technically I rent the
space from a hosting provider, but you know what i mean) and given I've
sent several emails to them, will it be OK legally for me to remove their
panoramas?

Likely legislation would be Germany as that is where the server is based,
or possibly UK because that is where I am based most of the time,

As I said I am paying for this out of my own money and do not want the
storage space to be used for purposes other than panos of walking trails.

Thanks,
Nick
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