[Osmf-talk] Copyright in the Digital Single Market

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

In this Wikipedia article: 
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buvette_Prouv%C3%A9-Novarina

there is the text instead of the illustration photo: "Bâtiment soumis au 
droit d'auteur", in English it means: "Building subject to copyright". 
The owner of this building for some reason does not want it to be 
photographed.

However there is still the photo of this building on satellite imagery, 
and it is mapped at the OSM accordingly: https://osm.org/go/0CHfVKnEW?m=

In my opinion since the building is clearly visible to public on the 
ground it could be visible on a photo. Still it is forbidden to publish 
its photo at Wikipedia. The obvious question is, - if it cannot be 
photographed from the ground, can it be photographed from space by a 
satellite? Of from the air by a drone? And mapped consequently?

On the other hand, it is close to impossible to ask every building owner 
if he consents his building photographed from space. In other words 
reductio ad absurdum.

Best regards,
Oleksiy

On 13.09.18 08:47, Jaak Laineste wrote:
>
> Can you do quick summary what is the issue or threat for OSM exactly 
> here, in layman's terms?
>
> I understand how Wikimedia as generic platform has their concerns, as 
> they may need to cite articles from traditional media etc. AFAIK OSM 
> has very "appropriate and proportionate " measures in place since the 
> beginning, just as required in the bill, to protect against illegal 
> upload of copyrighted content, which are illegal imports in our terms. 
> It is never bullet-proof, but I don't see any legal risk or trouble 
> here. Of course it could be me being ignorant or naive.
>
> Jaak

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