[OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?

[Donald Allwright]

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>From: Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>
>To: maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
>Cc: osm-talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, 23 September, 2009 14:57:38
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] deleted copyrighted material technically still in the database?
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>This issue has cropped up with Wikipedia too. The view there is that even though the copyrighted material is still available in the wiki page history, this should not be a big concern. Deleting the material from >the current version of the page means that there is an intent to remove the infringing material. But if necessary, then sysads can really delete the offending data in the database.

Looks like from Thomas Wood's reply that we have this capability too, although it's worth noting that what's valid for wikipedia may not be directly relevant for OSM as they reside within different legal jurisdictions (US vs. England & Wales).

Donald



      
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