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Where it gets tricky is that, at least in past US case law, 'maps are facts' and thus cannot be copyrighted as easily (this is part of why published maps often
by whaleofatw2022 2mo ago
Where it gets tricky is that, at least in past US case law, 'maps are facts' and thus cannot be copyrighted as easily (this is part of why published maps often have intentional, hopefully subtle errors in them) [0]
[0] - I believe a specific case was Nintendo vs Prima publishing, which was even involving a map of a fictitious construct.
- dataflow 2mo agoIIUC that particular case has details that don't fit into the general scenario I mentioned, and they affected its outcome.
- jamesfinlayson 2mo ago> this is part of why published maps often have intentional, hopefully subtle errors in them Yes I remember reading a few years ago about the Royal Australian Navy trying to find Sand Island which I think was some tiny island marked on maps of part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia - what they found was open ocean 1,100m deep, and concluded it was the map-maker's "mark".
- mattkrause 2mo agoThe consensus was that Sandy Island was not a copyright “trap.” Some of the sightings may have been floating pumice from an undersea volcano, and the “confirmations” came from a chain of errors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Island,_New_Caledonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Island,_New_Caledonia