[OSM-talk] Business listings

[Sam Vekemans]

Right,
my business is listed with the BC business registry, which is
government funded. You can look up in the Canadian corporate registry
all businesses & the addresses.
I dont think that that information is copyrighted, as long as its
properly sourced? Right?  Being manually listed with an estimation of
where the company is, is the same thing that yellow pages does. YP
just charges for 'special treatment'. Fact: YP lists all businesses
free under 1 category. (my last company was listed free) (google does
the same) AFAIK, YP has todo this for 'fair competition' -because its
just like a phone directory. (you need to pay to be NOT listed).

Anyway, thats another todo list item.


On 7/27/09, Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es> wrote:
> El Lunes, 27 de Julio de 2009, John Smith escribió:
>> At this point in time OSM needs businesses to embrace it more than it can
>> offer back to businesses, so charging them would be like a slap in the
>> face.
>
> You're doing it wrong.
>
> I do think that OSM should tap into government sources. Every country must
> have some kind of business registry that could be cross-referenced with
> house
> numbers.
>
>
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> Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>
>
> You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the
> best golfer is a black guy, France is accusing the US of arrogance, and
> Germany doesn't want to go to war.
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