[CivicAccess-discuss] copyright issues with extracting data from city report

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Regie;

That is a really interesting question.  I am not an expert in this area
however here are some of questions worth answering/considering.  There are a
few experts who have some knowledge in this area on the list:

1. What exactly was the report authors response?
2. This is a value added exercise, it is for non commercial
purposes,correct?
3. you are using the original dataset simply for reference purposes correct?
4. You are creating a new dataset based on the base map reference. correct?
5. Were you going to share the file under a cc license at all?  Were you
going to attribute the refence dataset you are digitizing from (i.e. in the
metadata etc.)?
6. You are not selling this information, correct?
7. Is the contractor's report a public document?
8.  do those boundary files only exist in that report or do they exist
elsewhere?
9. Does the city have that dataset?
10. You are replicating a file, in other words you are replicating a
pre-existing work which means making a copy but in another software.  Would
this be analogous to re-typing a quote from a book in a new format?
11.  Who has the original copyright for that?  The report authors or the
city?

Can anyone else help?

Tracey


On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Regie Alam <regie_alam at rogers.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
>   My name is Regie Alam. I work as a GIS Data Analyst
> at Terrapoint in Ottawa. I just signed up to the
> mailing list and this is my first post.
>
>   I am in the process of digitizing boundaries of
> Urban Natural Areas in Ottawa. I'm digitizing off maps
> contained in a report made by a contractor to the City
> of Ottawa. My intent is to display the digitized maps
> on the internet using a webmapping program or Google
> Earth.
>
>   This is not a commercial endeavour but just a way
> to make the data more accessible (through webmapping
> platform).
>
>   What are the copyright issues involved with this?
> What about specifically for extracting (and presenting
> the data in another medium) data/maps off a report to
> the city?
>
>   I already contacted the contact person for the
> report and she said the city won't be able to support
> this project. She also gave me a snippet of the
> Canadian Copyright Law regarding the internet and
> copyright.
>
> Thanks,
> Regie
>
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