[Openstreetmap] London locations

richard at systemed.net richard at systemed.net
Tue Oct 11 08:47:02 BST 2005


Quoting Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se>:

> Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>
> > [1] CC licence for the actual scans, but no restrictions at all
> > on derived vector works.
>
> How can you claim copyright to a scan?  Will it hold in court?

As a "photograph" under the Copyrights, Designs & Patents Act 1988 (I.4.1.a).
It's standard practice for facsimile editions of historical documents. I don't
know whether it's been tested in court.

Richard

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