[Osmf-talk] OSM and open data global aerial/sat images

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2018-01-16 10:35 GMT+01:00 Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com>:

>
> I believe "creativity" is part of the criteria for copyright in the
> USA, but not in the EU (certainly not here in the UK), and so
> creativity is not an issue - there is at least one jurisdiction
> significant for OSM in which you don't need to assert any "creativity"
> in your aerials
>


for reference:
https://www.gov.uk/copyright

According to this link,

You automatically get copyright protection when you create:

   - original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work, including
   illustration and photography
   - original non-literary written work, such as software, web content and
   databases
   - sound and music recordings
   - film and television recordings
   - broadcasts
   - the layout of published editions of written, dramatic and musical works


I don't see aerial imagery falling into any of these (but as this is just a
summary, it might be included nonetheless), as it is neither

- an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work

- a written work or any of the following.

There is "photography" in the first point, but referring to "artistic
work". Unlike classical cartography, where there are lots of decisions
involved to create the map, in aerial imagery there is almost none, so the
only probable reason why these could be copyright protected is by
definition (likely, to protect the investment of people making these
products).


Cheers,

Martin
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