[OSM-talk] Sourcing street names - what's the policy, and why?

[John Smith]

2010/1/5 Liz <edodd at billiau.net>:
> We also have vandals who steal street signs - the one outside my house is
> missing, for example. So if you want to know what street you have to ask - but
> whose information is not copyright?

I wonder what the law in Australia is with respect to finding out
street names from local authorities... especially when signs have been
destroyed or what not...