While at the same time: > The TRIPS Agreement [which the USA is part of] requires that copyright protection extends to databases and other compilations if they

While at the same time: > The TRIPS Agreement [which the USA is part of] requires that copyright protection extends to databases and other compilations if they constitute intellectual creation by virtue of the selection or arrangement of their contents, even if some or all of the contents do not themselves constitute materials protected by copyright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right So I don't quite understand whether data sets like OpenStreetMap or Google Maps are copyrightable in the USA. (Note that this concerns the underlying data, not the graphics like map design or street/satellite pictures.)