[OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemed.net
Sun Jun 7 12:33:21 BST 2009


Lambert Carsten wrote:
> On Saturday 06 June 2009 15:35:41 Chris Hill wrote:
> > Yes it is an issue - the few that I have looked at have terms and
> > conditions that specifically restrict reuse without written permission
> > - you should expect this on most organisations' websites.
> The address is not some kind of creative work, there is no database just 
> a website confirming that a known address is theirs. I really don't see 
> how copyright comes into this.

Chris was expressly talking about contract ("terms and conditions"), not
copyright.

Please use the legal-talk list for this kind of thing.

cheers
Richard
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