[Talk-GB] law in action

[Richard Fairhurst]

SteveC wrote:

> This was the OSs analogy, not the beebs though.
>
> Basic mistake of equating property with copyright... They do themselves
> a disservice.

Yeah, I cringed when I heard that.

Just read a fun piece linked from freeourdata.org.uk:
http://giscussions.blogspot.com/2007/03/intellect.html

"Anyone can map the UK, apparently there are 10 companies currently  
mapping London (I know one, how many can you think of?), but to quote  
Vanessa Lawrence 'who wants to map Monmouthshire?' Open StreetMap  
maybe?"

You're damn right we do, Monmouthshire's lovely. Great pubs. The Wye's  
beautiful. I'll start on Saturday. :)

Also: "Apparently the OS now considers the Chinese national mapping  
agency as a potential competitor (I don't think OS wants to map  
Beijing)"

cheers
Richard