[OSM-talk] Google Street View copyright question

[Roy Wallace]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you already know a fact and use street view to confirm it, I can't
> see how this can be copying since it's something you already know
> about some place, nothing has been derived.

Perhaps a lawyer would argue that if you need to/choose to "confirm"
something, you did not, in fact, already "know" it.

> On the other hand if you are pulling unknown information this could be
> considered copying, but since it's also a fact not a collection of
> information this is where proper legal advice is needed, rather than
> geek opinions which have no basis in law.

I'm going to take your own advice and stop conjecturing. I thought
Richard's contribution was interesting though, and obviously does have
a basis in law (http://www.systemed.net/blog/?p=100).