[Geowanking] Flickrs WOE stuff

[SteveC]

On 6 Nov 2008, at 19:59, P Kishor wrote:
> So, it could be argued that -- "polygons from either OSM or
> TeleAtlas/NavTeq data; the geocoded photos that were just placed on a
> map... from the map; the polygons from that set of points.. " -- at
> each stage, the successive creation is deriving only the location. The
> location itself is fact and is thus not copyrightable per 17, 102 (b).

No... it's deriving a set of locations, not a single one.

Because if we follow your argument then it would be cool for me to  
derive the intersections (locations) and vectors for all the streets  
on a map. They're facts too right? Sweat of the brow and database  
directive kick in.

Best

Steve


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