On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:54 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: >> cautious than we need to be. Why do we consider what's written on a >> street sign to be a "fact", but the same words written on a map to be >> copyrightable? And many similar examples. > > A map is a collection of facts, which may or may not be copyrightable > depending on the jurisdiction, but a single fact most likely can't be > protected by copyright, although the sign itself might be due to > artistic flare of the designer etc etc etc.
I said "what's written". Obviously an artistic picture on a sign would be copyrightable, just as it would be copyrightable anywhere else. ffs. Steve _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
