[OSM-talk] Okay, this is just cool (Lockport, NY)

[Chris Hill]

On 31/03/11 16:49, Pieren wrote:
>
> My first intention was to ignore this message but I cannot, I refuse 
> ignorance and fud. So again, some basic definitions: facts are nowhere 
> in the world copyrightable, nowhere. Copyright is about 
> creation/invention. Collections of facts are using copyright laws by 
> extension in some countries (but not everywhere). Photographies of 
> facts are copyrightable because the picture itself is an act of 
> creation (from the photograph). The content in the picture, if they 
> are not protected themselves by other creation copyrights (e.g. art) 
> or privacy laws (e.g. faces), are NOT copyrighted. So, you are not 
> allowed to copy street view pics, you are not allowed to trace on 
> google pics but you are allowed to say and do anything about the 
> content of the pictures. About the original post, I can write a book 
> titled "bizarre hedge in NY" where I can even say that I found it in 
> StreetView, I can comment the hedge form, colors and whatever in 500 
> chapters, 2000 pages, I can publish that book and will not violate any 
> Street View copyrights.
>
This is not about Google's copyright, it is about their terms of use. 
They specifically state their images cannot be used for derivative 
works, so we in OSM cannot use them.

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Cheers, Chris
user: chillly