[OSM-talk] Revert requests in general

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Fri Aug 6 18:04:12 BST 2010


On Aug 6, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Ed Avis wrote:

> SteveC <steve <at> asklater.com> writes:
> 
>> The reason is pretty simple - the first line of copyright defense if we get an
>> email from TeleAtlas Legal saying 'user NearMap copied our data' is that we
>> will remove _all_ NearMap data.
> 
> Wouldn't you tell them to get lost, since copyright doesn't apply to map data,
> etc etc?

Sounds like you've never been to court. Who's right or wrong is a secondary consideration here, the first order of magnitude issue is who has more money. We lose on that one.

Steve

stevecoast.com





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