[Tagging] Roadside maps

[Anthony]

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Chris Hill <osm at raggedred.net> wrote:
> > AFAIK everything that is written down is copyright.
>
> that is a peculiarity of (relatively) recent 'reforms' in the US Code
> (which made registration and even proper marking optional), it is not
> universal.
>

It's relatively recent in US law, but relatively standard elsewhere.  The
reason it's in US law is because it is required by the Berne Convention.
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