On 11/24/06, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/24/06, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 11/23/06, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/23/06, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote:
Note that some of the images claim "PD".
In that case the uploaders need a stern talking to. It's hard to imagine that people don't realise that imagery from Google Earth is copyrighted when it's plastered all over the bottom of the screen, and appears in the screenshots.
Just because something claims to be copyrighted doesn't mean it is.
Much of Google Earth imagery *is* public domain. Google has not added the necessary creativity to change this.
That said, it's much safer to just use NASA Worldwind.
I didn't say that Google has copyright over imagery in Google Earth. I said that the imagery is copyrighted.
And I'm saying that not all of it is.
If you look near the bottom of the screen you'll see the names of the copyright holder(s), the imaging companies that Google has sourced the satellite imagery from, DigitalGlobe for example.
Yes, and if you tilt the image slightly certain copyright claims will come up (I think DigitalGlobe is one) simply because a sliver of the horizon (one pixel wide type stuff) is derived from that image. Again, just because there is a claim of copyright doesn't mean it's true.