Re: copyright of map

From: Liane Lucietta <lrlucietta[_at_]hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 02:45:50 PDT

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Mike Phillips <mfslaw[_at_]mailandnews.com> wrote:
>
> I have a client who spent a lot of money having a somewhat decorative
> map of the US drawn with HTML hot zones or image maps. A competitor
> has copied the map and is using it on its website. Can there be any
> degree of creativity in a map as to cause it to come under the
> Copyright statutes? If not, can you think of a way to stop the
> competitor from using the map?

I'm under the impression that maps ARE entitled to copyright protection. It's like the Feist yellow pages case -- the arrangement of facts makes it an original work, eligible for copyright protection -- though the facts in of themselves would not be eligible.

And, I've heard that mapmakers frequently place one bogus feature or location on their maps just to catch infringers.

Liane Lucietta
<lrlucietta[_at_]hotmail.com>

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