[OSM-talk] Copyright of old (Irish) maps

[Erik Johansson]

On 5/17/06, Andrew Rowbottom <andrew.rowbottom at gmail.com> wrote:
> On a related note, does anyone know if there's any copyright issues with
> buying a map, scanning the map, selling the map on. Would the
> copyright on the scan transfer to the new owner?
>
> I guess a similar analogy might be with museums and postcards of works
> they've sold on.
>
> This question has a real impact on whether I can freely provide scans
> I've made under liberal (think "not for profit") licences, something
> I'm planning on doing in the near future.

 (IANL)

You can always claim copyright and put a nice CC license on it. But
you have no legal grounds for claiming copyright. It's a facsimile and
 you haven't added anything artistic, therefor -> it's not
copyrightable.

But why not just publish them as PD? If someone thinks they can make
money out of it then just let them have it.


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