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This is a perfectly legit application of copyright law/brand protection, and I'm no fan of either. The Tube map is copyrighted work that requires a license to b
by lou1306 2y ago
This is a perfectly legit application of copyright law/brand protection, and I'm no fan of either. The Tube map is copyrighted work that requires a license to be used, even on a free service. The fellow should have stuck to normal OSM overlays, and none of this would have happened.
What is controversial about this?
- ForHackernews 2y agoIf they want to control who uses the roundel logo, so be it, but I think it's absurd that copyright applies to the tube map itself. In the United States, government works like this would be public domain.
- lou1306 2y agoThe map is a work of design in its own right, it is not a mere geographical representation. Also, while it would be nice if government work were public domain in the UK as it is in the US, that is sadly not the case, and we have to deal with it.
- Dylan16807 2y agoIt's extremely simple. The Tube map shouldn't be a copyrighted work that requires a license to be used. You're judging the copyright enforcement action by itself in a void, but it's not in a void. Except it's actually trademark? It's ridiculous to apply trademark law here. No consumer confusion is happening.
- lou1306 2y ago> The Tube map shouldn't be a copyrighted work Why not? Mind you I'm not saying any tube map, but the official TfL one.
- Dylan16807 2y agoThe official government maps are exactly the ones that everyone should be able to copy everywhere. It's basic information about the government department, and that is not something to seek rent on.