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Don't know if this holds water... E.g. a cartographic map: just a "diagram" of facts? Why not ask if there is a license for this file? Edit: And as I see in t

• jchw 8y ago
  The expression of facts is copyrightable, not the facts though. So importing it is water tight.
• mmanfrin 8y ago
  A map is not copyrightable. It is just a diagram of facts. Mapmakers protect themselves by inserting fake data which they can then use to claim copyright.
  • duckerude 8y ago
    It looks like it's the other way around: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street#Legal_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street#Legal_issues >In Alexandria Drafting Co. v. Andrew H. Amsterdam dba Franklin Maps, the court ruled that "fictitious names may not be copyrighted" and "the existence, or non-existence, of a road is a non-copyrightable fact". Maps are copyrightable (I think?), but the trap streets themselves aren't. They're only there to detect when someone is copying the map.
    • ModernMech 8y ago
      Heh, I actually learned about trap streets when talking to a cartographer who made the muni map of SF you find at all the bus stops (much like this one: http://www.mobilemaplets.com/thumbnails/261_thumbnail-1024.jpg http://www.mobilemaplets.com/thumbnails/261_thumbnail-1024.j...). He told me he added a small alleyway in the map named after his family that doesn't actually exist, and they catch people violating their copyright all the time with it.