[talk-au] Is it ok to add data from the yellow pages to OSM?

Ian Sergeant inas66+osm at gmail.com
Sat Nov 12 04:09:48 UTC 2016


Hi,

This area of the law is unsettled in Australia, and OSM is about
gathering open data, not being a legal test case on what we are
allowed to copy.

Best practice is to ask the owner if we can use the information under
the OSM terms and conditions.

It should be easy enough to ask Sensis if you want their answer.

Ian.


On 12 November 2016 at 14:31, nwastra <nwastra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, we finally have a use for the unsolicited paper copy that gets dropped at the front door each year  :)
>
>
>> On 12 Nov 2016, at 1:14 PM, cleary <osm at 97k.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Use your favourite search engine to search for the many articles about
>> copyright in the yellow and white pages. You will find articles such as
>> http://www.mondaq.com/australia/x/95894/Copyright/Copyright+in+Databases+No+Copyright+in+White+and+Yellow+Pages
>>
>> The Federal Court of Australia ruled there was no copyright in the
>> printed editions of the yellow pages and white pages. The decision was
>> appealed and the Full Bench of the Federal Court upheld the previous
>> decision.
>>
>> I think that effectively places the yellow pages printed edition in the
>> public domain and the information can be used by anyone for any purpose.
>> As far as I know the decision did not apply to the yellow pages or
>> white pages websites.
>>
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>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016, at 01:00 PM, Luke Picciau wrote:
>>> I just got a 2017 copy of the yellow pages and instead of throwing it
>>> out like normal I was wondering if the data inside it can be added to
>>> OSM? Would this be ok, i'm not sure what the license for this data is.
>>>
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