On Mon, 26 May 2003 21:11:23 -0400, cprompt <cprompt(a)tmbg.org> gave
utterance to the following:
Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
Is anyone at Wikipedia a cartographer?
In responce to the first post (which I accidentally
deleted), is a cleaned up picture (obviously with most
of the pixels different, but similar colors) still a
violation of copywright? I made one if it would help.
--LittleDan
Sorry, but I tend to think it would still be a violation of copyright,
just as much as taking a popular song and adding a drum beat, or using an
acoustic guitar instead of electric guitar. In this case, you are
changing the original, rather than using the original to create your own
work.
I disagree. The information (in this case borders established by a 9th
century treaty and the outline of Europe, plus some place names) is not
copyrightable, only the presentation of it is.
I quite often have to make maps showing the locality of some project. I
might have traced the location of the streets from some other source, but
it is impossible to tell from the finished work which if any of multiple
sources (including public records) it may have been based upon.
--
Richard Grevers
Women are like watches: The finer the movement the better the time