[Talk-GB] Copyright in OS-derived maps (Jez Nicholson)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

5 Sep 2019, 00:40 by bainton.ete at gmail.com:

> Out of interest, is OS's position on derived data clearly the correct one legally speaking?  I note the wiki talks in terms of OS 'claiming' IP in the derived data, not that it actually *is* their IP, so I wondered. 
>
As far as copyright goes, this seems fairly logical - without having copyright on derived data
one would be allowed to trace OSM/Google maps/other copyrighted map, get exact copy and
claim that it is free from any copyright/database rights/any legal limitations.

That seems to be an obvious truck-sized loophole that is probably not supposed to exist.
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