[OSM-talk] Google Street View copyright question

[Tom Hughes]

On 09/09/09 12:07, Pieren wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Tom Hughes<tom at compton.nu>  wrote:
 >
>> Because (in the EU) Database Right kicks in and prohibits "substantial
>> extraction".
>
> If someone starts to "copy" the photos themselves, yes you are right.
> But here, we speak about reading a street sign on a picture, not
> copying the picture.

Which has exactly what to do with the question I answered, which 
concerned copying facts from databases?

As it happens there is a problem with my answer which I'm about to 
correct, but it isn't anything to do with photos.

Tom

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