[Talk-GB] Mapping climbing routes/areas.

[Jonathan]

As I said, I'm not a lawyer, just erring on the side of caution.  My 
worry is that if you add the "Nike Chimney" (fake name) as a climbing 
route, we may be using something that is not without legal encumbrance.  
I'm just paranoid :-)

I would suggest that if anyone goes out, surveys and climbs their own 
route and then uploads to OSM then that would be fine.

On a further note, I don't know how you map a vertical route on a flat map?

Jonathan

http://bigfatfrog67.me

On 23/10/2013 11:54, Derry Hamilton wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> I believe the lack of copyright on route names and location was 
> settled in BMC vs Rockfax, when the BMC sued on exactly that basis and 
> lost, but I don't have a cite to hand.
>
> Thanks,
> Derry
>
>
> On 23 October 2013 11:13, Jonathan <bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Derry,
>
>     I'm no lawyer, but if the route name was first used in a
>     copyrighted publication and never used before that publication
>     then they *may* have claim to it.  Bear in mind that while a route
>     name may not be covered by copyright it may be covered by a
>     trademark!?
>
>     Jonathan
>
>     http://bigfatfrog67.me
>
>
>     On 23/10/2013 07:43, Derry Hamilton wrote:
>
>         Opinions I've seen are that route names are not copyrightable,
>         any more than road or mountain names.
>
>
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