[Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Attribution guideline status update

[Nuno Caldeira]

highly doubt that a derivated work from a database that has a notice
(attribution) required, which was then chopped to be considered under fair
use. Especially when this is repeated thousand of times.

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019, 13:56 Robert Kaiser, <kairo at kairo.at> wrote:

> Simon Poole schrieb:
> > It is however important to realize that their are limits to copyright
> > and that for example lots of the "non-attribution" in the states is
> > likely permissible fair use under US laws. It would still be good form
> > to provide attribution, but it isn't something we can enforce and
> > getting upset about such use is really just a tremendous waste of time.
>
> That "fair use" argument is actually pretty interesting and something
> that people often may not think about. IANAL, but I would guess, for
> example, that taking a screenshot of your app or website, which includes
> a map and also does include attribution, and then crop it and cut away
> the attribution incidentally, and use the result as a promotional image
> on social media, may be a case where it would be considered "fair use"
> and therefore attribution claims may never be successful due to this
> exception from copyright law. The specific case is just a guess, but
> things like that should be taken into account when we go out and demand
> attribution on every little tidbit of OSM-based imagery we see floating
> around...
>
> KaiRo
>
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