Freemap: Free mapping site for walkers and cyclists: IMPORTANT UPDATE!



On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:29:12 +0100, Richard Bates <[email protected]>
wrote:

| On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:37:10 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Whaley
| <[email protected]> wrote:
|
| >other features. Alternatively if you want better accuracy you could
| >trace roads, railways, etc from 1950's OS maps i.e. out of copyright.
|
| Are they out of copyright? Copyright exists for a set number of years
| after the death of the owner. The OS hasn't died yet! So even the very
| first map they produced would still be copyright to OS.

Diferent rules for organizations

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Dave F
 
Richard Bates wrote on Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:29:12 +0100....
> Are they out of copyright? Copyright exists for a set number of years
> after the death of the owner.


Usually 70 years after the death of the author, not the owner. Who
owns it is normally irrelevant.... except when the owner is the Crown.

> The OS hasn't died yet! So even the very
> first map they produced would still be copyright to OS.
>
> Is there something specific about OS that I don't know about?


Yes. The copyright in their maps is owned by the Crown. Crown
copyright lasts for 50 years from the first publication of the work
concerned. So maps over 50 years old are indeed out of copyright.

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In message <[email protected]>, Nick
Whitelegg <[email protected]> writes
>> But maybe he needs to talk to a lawyer before this takes off.

>
>How much would this cost? I'd want to talk to someone who was an
>expert in this area.


You've received free informal advice from someone on this newsgroup who,
if not a specialist in this area, nevertheless gives sound advice.
Stick with posts from Tim Jackson.

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Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd
 

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