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

Emil Vaughan emil79 at gmail.com
Mon May 22 20:07:28 BST 2006


> If you made the scan, and it's of an out-of-copyright map, it's free
> for you to do what you like with it. Whether or not you possess the
> map is immaterial.

Actually it doesn't even matter who scanned it. As long as the scanner
hasn't contributed any original content, then there's nothing they can
claim copyright of.

Emil




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